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鈥攁 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鈥攕ome of India's oldest theatrical traditions in Kerala.
Chapter 5 - Comparison of the Mudras
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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COMPARISON OF THE MUDR膧S OF HASTALAK峁峁咥D莫PIK膧, N膧TYA艢膧STRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND B脗LAR膧MBHARATA MUDR膧 - 1) U 1 HLD HAMSAPAKSA NS ARDHACANDRA
AD ARDHACANDRA
BRB ARDHACANDRA
1. The moon.
1. Small plants
2. Air
3. God of love
similar to Cupid
4. Dwellers of the
heaven
2. Shrubs
3. Crescent moon
1. The phase of the moon
on the eight day of the
dark fortnight
1. White colour
2. Stop
4. Conch 5.Jar
6. Bangles
2. A hand seizing the
throat
3. Armour with Svastika
4. Elephant's ears
hasta
7. Necking out
3. A spear
5. G膩ndiva
5. Mountain
8. Exertion
4. Consecrating an image 6. Nail mark
6. Valley
9. Slenderness
5. A dining plate
7. Measuring four
7. Always
6. Origin 7. Waist
angulas
8. Relatives
9. Mattress
10. Stone
11. Comfort
12. The chest
13. The breast
10. Fatness
11. The girdle
12. Hips 13.Face
14. Leaf-like ornament
(made by ivory etc.)
15. Ear ornaments of
women
8. Musing one's ownself 8. Pleasant beating with
9. Meditation
10. Prayers
11. Touching limbs
12. Greeting by the
common people.
hands
9. To show the shape of
bow
10. To hear about the sins
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