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脕S OF HASTALAK峁峁咥D莫PIK膧, N膧峁琘A艢膫STRA, ABHINAYADARPA峁咥 AND B膧LAR膧MBHARATA MUDR膧 HLD HAMS膧SYA NS HAMS膧SYA AD BHRAMARA 1. Glance 1. Smoothness 1. Bee 2. Softness 3. Dust 2. Smallness 3. Laxity 2. Parrot 3. Wing 4. White 4. Slenderness 4. Cane 5. Blue 5. Insignificance 5. Cuckoo and similar 6. Red 6. Tenderness. birds. 7. Mercy/pity/ Compassion 8. Group of hair (as a line) 9. Beginning of rain 10 Hair 11. Line 12. The three folds of the abdomen. BRB NIR莫K峁NA 1. The seven worlds above and below 2. Saptam膩t峁� 3. Ja峁� (braided hair) of Bhadrakali 4. Both the shoulders of a cowherd 5. Taking a stick 6. Looking in to a Chinese mirror. 160
