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 5 - Comparison of the Mudras
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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COMPARISON OF THE MUDRÅS OF HASTALAKṢAṆADĪPIKĀ, NĀṬYASĀSTRA, ABHINAYADARPAṆA AND BĀLARĀMBHARATA MUDRA HLD SUCÌMUKHA NS SŪCĪMUKHA (Approximately) AD SŪCĪMUKHA BRB SŪCĪHASTA 2. The Supreme Soul 1. Divided/Broken 1. Disc 1. Number one 2. Jump 2. Lighting 3. World 3. Banner 3. One hundred 4. Laksmana 5. Fall 4. Bunches of flowers 4. The Sun 5. Ear ornament 5. A city 6. The other one 7. Month 6. All beings with a 6. The world 8. Eye brow 9. Split 10 Tail 11. One 12. Expression to mean what happened which should not have happened crooked movement. 7. Words of appreciation 8. Small serpents 9. Twigs 10. Incenses 11. Torches 12. Small creepers 7. Saying like that' 8. 'Which' 9. Sense of solitude 10. Threatening 11. Becoming thin 12. A road 13. Body 13. Matted locks(tufts) 14. Astonishment 14.Curve 1. Numerals above hundred 2. Truth 3. A steady post 4. Numeral 'one' 5. Separation 6. A single object 7. The disc of the sun or moon 8. Anything round 9. Rotation of a wheel 10. Circular shape 11. Wall of a fort 12. A city 15. Bried of hair 13. 'You' 168
