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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. 膩rta 啶多啶班啶權啶椸ぞ啶班ぞ啶栢啶ぐ啶膏 啶啶班ぞ啶 啶班ぞ啶椸じ啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶距ぐ啷嵿い啷� 啶ㄠた啶椸う啷嵿く啶む 啷� [艣r峁涐箙g膩r膩khyarase pr膩yo r膩gastv膩rto nigadyate | ] On almost all occasions of s峁沶g膩ra, 膧rta is used. The word 'praya' indicates other occasion also. That would be discussed later. Eg. (i) N膩g膩nanda, Act II. The sloka '啶掂啶ぞ啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿く啷� 啶掂じ啶苦い啶距じ啶苦げ啶曕啶粪ぃ啶班啶氞ぞ... [vy膩vartyai vasit膩silak峁峁嘺ruc膩... ] ' (ii) Dhananjaya Act I, the slokas '啶氞げ啶曕啶掂げ啶�.... [calakuvalaya....] ' and '啶膏啶ㄠ啶︵ぐ啷嵿く啶� 啶膏啶曕啶ぞ啶班い啶�.... [saundarya峁� sukum膩rat膩....] ' 8. Paurali 鈥�啶啶班ぞ啶侧 啶掂た啶啶班げ啶啶ぞ啶栢啶ざ啷嵿ぐ啷冟啷嵿啶距ぐ啶膏啶� 啶む 啶啶班啶氞啶涏え啷� 啷� [paur膩l墨 vipralambh膩khya艣r峁涐箙g膩rasya tu m奴rcchane |] ' Paur膩li is used at the height of vipralambha Eg. (i) (ii) 膧艣caryac奴岣嵞乵a峁噄, A艣艒kavanik膩nka: When R膩va峁嘺 goes to meet Sita in As艣艒kavanik膩, he describes the garden and the beauty of Sita and is overcome by the impact of love, the sl艒ka, '啶溹え啶むぞ啶ざ啷嬥啶膏す啶曕ぞ啶班ぎ啶炧啶溹ぐ啷�... [箩补苍补迟腻尘补艣辞办补蝉补丑补办腻谤补尘补帽箩补谤墨... ] ' Anguliyanka: Hanuman while describing Sri Rama's excess love '啶嗋お啶距う啷嵿く 啶啷嵿啶苦ざ啶え啶� ... [膩p膩dya bha峁単i艣ayana峁� ...] ' Dhana帽jaya, Act III Arjuna's slokas in vipralambha : , (iii) ' 啶氞啶苦い啶氞啶苦い啶� [肠补办颈迟补肠补办颈迟补峁� ] ' and 9 Muddha
'啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距げ啷嬥啶距え啷� ... [candr膩lok膩n ... ] '
Eg: (i)
啶班ぞ啶曕啶粪じ啶距ぃ啶距え啷嵿い啷� 啶多啶班啶權啶椸ぞ啶班ぐ啶膏 啶啶⑧ 啶ㄠた啶椸う啷嵿く啶む 啷�
[r膩k峁s膩峁嚹乶tu 艣r峁涐箙g膩rarase mu岣峢o nigadyate |
] 膩艣caryac奴d膩mani, Act III '啶ぐ啶む啶む啷� 啶え啷嵿う啶距啶苦え啷嵿く啶� 啶う啶權啶曕え啶苦し啶距う啶苦え啶�... [maratakata峁璭 mand膩kiny膩 mada峁卥ani峁Ｄ乨ini... ] '
Also in sambh艒ga艣峁沶g膩ra :
(ii) R膩ksasotpatti nirvahana;
'啶た啶え啷� 啶ぇ啷佮ぎ啷佮啶� 啶氞啶啶え啷� [piban madhumukha峁� cumban ] '
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