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膧峁琘A艢膫STRA, ABHINAYADARPA峁咥 AND B膧LAR膧MBHARATA MUDR膧 HLD MUDR膧KHYA 1. Increase 2. Movement 3. The Heaven 4. The ocean 5. Heavily intermin gled/ entangled 3. Taking blades of grass 4. Ascertaining 4. Petals 5. Hairs NS SANDAMSA AD HAMS脜SYA BRB SANDAMSA 1. Plucking of flowers 2. Arranging flowers 1. Blessing or 2. Festival 1. Rain water 2. Truth into garlands. 3. The tying with tread 3. Cinmudr膩 4. Jnanamudr膩 instruction 5. Dak峁n膩m奴rtimudr膩 5. Horripilation 6. Forgetting, 6. Threads 6. Pearls 6. The face of a deer 7. Full blown flowers 7. 'All' 8. To inform 7. Holding out or uprooting a thorn 7. Putting the wick of a 8. Sarasvati. lamp forward 9. Triangle 9. Thing 10. Death 8. Taking the wick of a 11. Meditation lamp 12. The sacred thread 9. Using the stick of worn by the Brahmins 13. Straight/truth collyrium 10.Expressing indignation using 9. Painting 10. The act of painting 11. Dyke impending a current 10. The end of a knot 11. Drawing pictures 12.. Anointing with sind奴ra etc 13. Testing the colour of gold 7. A touch stone 8. Jasmine 141
