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Essay name: Hastalaksanadipika a critical edition and study

Author: E. K. Sudha
Affiliation: Government Sanskrit College (Tripunithura) / Department of Sanskrit

This is an English study on the Hastalaksanadipika—a manual depicting the Mudras (gestures) of the Kerala theatre. It is a very popular text supposedly dating to the 10th century A.D. This study also touches the subject of Krsnanattam, Kathakali and Kutiyattam—some of India's oldest theatrical traditions in Kerala.

Chapter 3 - Later developments of dramatic techniques

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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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From time immorial, the rulers of Travancore have been patrons of arts and literature. Several of them have also composed works of great merit in Sanskrit, Tamil and Malayalam. They are the descendants of the ancient Cera kings of South India, who gave encouragements to arts and letters. 98 Mahārāja Kārtika Tirunā� Bālarāma Varma, the author of the
present work Bālarâmabharata, is regarded as one of the greatest and most
distinguished sovereigns of Travancore.
He was born on 5th Karkatakam 899 Malabar Era (July - August
1724 A.D). As his birth star was Kṛttika, he was popularly known as
Kārtika Tirunā�. His father was Kerala Varma Koyil Tampurān of
Kilimānūr and mother, Rāṇi Parvathi Baye. Maharaja Māṛtānda Varma,
was his materal uncle. Kārtika Tiruna! Mahārāja mastered numerous arts
and sciences even as a boy and became a votary of the poetic muse and
an equally able soldier in battle. He was a great scholar. He attained
proficiency in many languages particularly in Sanskrit, Persian,
Hindustani and Malayalam. He studied both Portugese and English
under a tutor. He is also known to have possessed a working knowledge
of Dutch.
The Maharaja also had an extra-ordinary talent not only in
literature but also in music, dancing and kindred arts. He was a scholar
in the philosophies of Yoga and Vedanta. Who the Mahārāja's spiritual

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