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 8 - English Translation of the Hastalaksanadipika (Hasta-Lakshana-Deepika)
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संयुक्तास्तु कपित्थाख्य� दशहस्तास्समीरिता� � [saṃyuktāstu kapitthākhyā daśahastāssamīritā� | ] When the ring finger and the little finger are bent and the thumb is placed on the ring finger, the hasta is Kapittha. Net, doubt,the tail of a peacock, Śrī, to touch, to retreat, outside, back, to descend, to put step These are the samyuta Kapitthas. There are no asamyutahastas. - अङ्गुल्यश्� यथापूर्व संस्थिता यद� यस्य तु � हस्त� हंसपक्षाख्यो भण्यते भरतादिभि� � चन्द्र� वायुर्मन्मथश्च देवपर्वतसानव� ।। नित्यबान्धवशय्याश्� शिलासुखमुरस्तनम् � वसनं वाहन� व्याजश्शयन� पतनं जन� ।। छादनञ्चै� [aṅgulyaśca yathāpūrva saṃsthitā yadi yasya tu sa hasto haṃsapakṣākhyo bhaṇyate bharatādibhi� | candro vāyurmanmathaśca devaparvatasānava� || nityabāndhavaśayyāśca śilāsukhamurastanam | vasana� vāhana� vyājaśśayana� patana� jana� || chādanañcaiva ] 11 व्यापन� सापन� तथ� � आयान� नमनञ्चाथ मज्जनं चन्दनं तथ� ।। आलिङ्गनञ्चानुयान� पालन� प्रापण� गद� � कपोलमंसः कोशश्च विधेयानुग्रह� मुनि� ।। इतिशब्दाभिधेयश्च मत्स्यपूजनकच्छपा� � हंसपक्षाख्यहस्तास्तु चत्वारिंशद्द्वयोत्तराः ।। संयुक्ता नाट्यशास्त्रज्ञै� कथित� मुनिपुङ्गवैः ।। युष्मद� बहूक्तिः खड्ग� रुड् इदानीमहमग्रतः ।। परशुर्हेतिराह्वानमुत्सङ्गप्राप्तिवारणे � [vyāpana� sāpana� tathā | āyāna� namanañcātha majjana� candana� tathā || āliṅganañcānuyāna� Բ� prāpaṇa� gadā | kapolamaṃsa� kośaśca vidheyānugrahau muni� || itiśabdābhidheyaśca matsyapūjanakacchapā� | haṃsapakṣākhyahastāstu catvāriṃśaddvayottarā� || saṃyuktā nāṭyaśāstrajñai� kathitā munipuṅgavai� || yuṣmad bahūkti� khaḍgo ru� idānīmahamagrata� || paraśurhetirāhvānamutsaṅgaprāptivāraṇe | ] 11. TNN ताडन� छादन� चै� [tāḍana� chādana� caiva ] 12. TNN पालन� [Բ� ] 7
