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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varieties namely (1) Triśūla (2) Kutila (3) Balacandra (4) Nirikṣaṇa (5) Pralamba (6) Purōnnata (7) Caturunnata (8) Pūrṇacandral (9) Silimukha and (10) Bhadra based on oral and other sources. The BRB takes all the 13 samyutahastas of Bharata and adds 14 others. They are 1) Anjali 2) Kapōta 108 3) Puspaputa
4) Sankalpahasta
5) Tāḍanapatāka
6) Utsangahasta
7) Dōlāhasta
8) Upacārahasta
9) Abhayavaradahasta
11) Gajadantahasta
10) Makarahasta
12) Kurparasvastika
13) Garuḍahasta
14) Bharatahasta
15) Kaṭakāvartahasta
16) Karkaṭahasta
17) Vardhamāna
19) Subhasōbhanahasta
21) Mallayuddhahasta
23) Kartarisvastika
25) Samyutapallava
27) Vistṛtapallavahasta.
18) Kalahahasta
20) Padmamukuḷahasta
22) Patākasvastika
24) Gajamukhahasta
26) Avahitthahasta
LINGABHEDA (DIFFERENT GENDERS) OF THE HASTAS
The author of the BRB divides these asamyuta and samyuta
hastas into three groups namely pullinga, strilinga and napumsakalinga.
