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 7 - Vacikabhinaya according to Bharata鈥檚 Natyasastra
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On certain occasions, even some middling characters have Indala. For example:- (i) In Pratim膩n膩峁璦ka, Act II: Bharata's words beginning with suta (ii) (R膩m膩ya峁嘺m kramadipik膩 8-45 line-3) In Mantr盲nka Yaugandhar膩ya峁嘺's sl艒ka, beginning with ' 啶膏啶ㄠぞ啶むじ啷嵿く 啶じ啷嵿く 啶膏ぎ啷佮お啶むた啶�.... [sn膩tasya yasya samupatita.... ] But middling characters usually have the r膩ga Cetipa帽cama 2. Cetipa帽cama 啶ㄠ啶氞ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶お啶� 啶ぞ啶む啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶� 啶ぞ啶侧啶距え啶距 啶むぅ啷堗さ 啶� 啷� 啶氞啶熰啶啷嵿啶ぐ啶距啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啷� 啶︵啶多啶い啷� 啶曕啶掂啶苦い啷� 啷むイ [n墨c膩n膩mapi p膩tr膩峁嚹佱箖 b膩lak膩n膩峁� tathaiva ca | ce峁玴a帽camar膩ga岣� sy膩nnetaro d峁浥泍ate kvacit || ] For evil characters and for children, Cetipa帽cama is employed in ordinary situations. For example, for evil characters: (i) Pratim膩n膩峁璦ka, Act II, the soldier's words: alg affifandi 啶忇い啶曕く啷嵿く啶�..... [别迟补办补测测补峁�..... ] ' (ii) Abhiseka Act III: the words of Ra峁嘺bhiru: 鈥溾�︹�� (iii) Example for children: S膩kunta岣穉, Act VII: Sarvadamana's words: '啶啶炧啶� 啶ぞ啶� 啶ぞ啶�. [mu帽ca m膩峁� bh膩va. ] " 222
