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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Egs: (i) N膩g膩nanda, Act II '啶膏啷� 啶ざ啷嵿く 啶ざ啷嵿く 啶呧啷嵿げ啶苦し啷嵿啶多啶ぞ 啶呧ぇ啶班じ啷嵿く ( [sakhe pa艣ya pa艣ya akli峁ａ弓a艣obh膩 adharasya (] ii) N膩g膩nanda, Act III , '啶膏啶た啶むお啷佮し啷嵿お啷嬥う啷嵿啶啶洁く啶� 啶む 啶︵啶多啶い啷囙そ啶оぐ啶げ啷嵿げ啶掂.... [smitapu峁odgamo'ya峁� te d峁浥泍ate'dharapallave....] ' 20. Puraniru 啶啶班え啷�啶班ぞ啶栢啶ぐ啶距啶膏啶む 啶掂ぐ啷嵿し啶距啶距げ啶膏啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶ㄠ 啷� 啶啶班き啶距い啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶ㄠぞ啶ぞ啶炧啶� 啶椸啶む啷嵿啷堗ぐ啷佮お啶椸啶い啷� || [puran墨r膩khyar膩gastu var峁Ｄ乲膩lasya var峁嘺ne | prabh膩tavar峁嘺n膩y膩帽ca g墨taj帽airupag墨yate || ] Puraniru is used in the description of rainy reason, and in the description of morning. Eg. (i) For description of rainy season: '啶曕啶曕く啶� 啶� 啶多た啶栢た啶ㄠぞ 啶啶︵啶о啶む啷囙い啶曕... [kekay膩 ca 艣ikhin膩 m峁沝udh奴taketak墨... ] ' (ii) for description of morning: Pratij帽ayaugandhar膩ya峁嘺, nirvha峁嘺 of Mantr膩艅ka 鈥�啶曕啶粪啶班啶︵さ啶距ぐ啶苦ぇ啶掂げ啷� 啶多く啶ㄠ 啶啶班じ啷佮お啷嵿い.... [k峁Ｄ玶odav膩ridhavale 艣ayane prasupta....] ' 21. Srikanthi 啶呧啷嵿啶距さ啶膏ぞ啶ㄠ 啶多啶班啶曕ぃ啷嵿啷� 啶︵啶粪啶熰ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶灌た啶傕じ啶ㄠ啶洁お啶� 啶� 啷� 啶膏え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿く啶距さ啶班啶｀え啶掂啶侧ぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶距す啷嵿え啶膏啶� 啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶ㄠ || 啶啷嵿い啶苦き啶距さ啷� 啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶掂う啷嵿き啶苦 啶曕ぅ啷嵿く啶む 啶椸啶むた啶ぞ啶班啷堗 || [a峁卥膩vas膩ne 艣r墨ka峁囜弓h墨 du峁ａ弓膩n膩峁� hi峁僺ane'pi ca | sandhy膩var峁嘺navel膩y膩峁� madhy膩hnasya ca var峁嘺ne || bhaktibh膩ve ca vidvadbhi岣� kathyate g墨tip膩ragai岣� || ] Srikanthi is used at the end of an act, at the killing of evil persons, in the description of noon and dusk time, and in bhaktibh膩va. 231
