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Karihasta

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

Descriptions and Meanings

200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natya Sastra (NS) - Board of Scholars
Description:
9:191

Karihasta. The Lata hand held up and swung from side to side and the other hand Tripataka is held on the ear. This is glorified as Karihasta.

No associated meanings
Based upon:

Tripatāka - 9:27

Latā - 9:190

Not included elsewhere
200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natyasastra, Volume I (NS) - Dr. Manomohan Ghosh
Description:
9:187

Karihasta—the Latā hand held up and swung from side to side and the Tripatāka hand held on the ear.

No associated meanings
Based upon:

Tripatāka - 9:26-32

Latā - 9:186

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400 CE - 500 CE
Visnudharmottarapurana (VDP) - Dr. Priyabala Shah
No associated images
Description:
26:83

When the Latā-hand is raised and swing from side to side and the other hand is Khaṭaka, the combination is called Karihasta.

No associated meanings
1126 CE - 1234 CE
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study (NVoM) - Hema Govindarajan
Description:
4:1255

Karihasta: One hand in Tripatāka Hasta is held at the ear. The other is raised, bent and moved (recita).

(no Tripataka in this text)

No associated meanings
No dependencies
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1138 CE - 1400 CE
Śri Pārśvadeva's Saṅgítasamayasāra (SS) - Dr. M. Vijayalakshmi
No associated images
Description:
7:90-9

Karihasta : One hand is kept at the ear and other has tripataka hasta is karihasta.

No associated meanings
Based upon:

Tripatāka - 7:40

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1200 CE - 1300 CE
Jāyasenāpativiracita Nṛttaratnāvalī, Volume I (NrtN) - Pappu Venugopala Rao and Yashoda Thakore
Description:
2:257

As one hand sways any superior hasta from one side to the other, the second hand bears tripataka at the ear to form karihastas as defined by the learned.

No associated meanings
Based upon:

Tripatāka - 2:106

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1350 CE - 1550 CE
Śrihastamuktāvali (HM) - Maheswar Neog
No associated images
Description:
:889

If one Tripataka is extended tremblingly to the side while the other Tripataka is brought near the ear, it is Karihasta

No associated meanings
Based upon:

Tripatāka - :37

Not included elsewhere
1500 CE - 1600 CE
Nartananirnaya of Sri Pandrika Vitthala Vol. 3 (NN) - R. Sathyanarayana
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Description:
7:119

Karidanta hasta is [formed] with khaṭakā(mukha) with one hand and latā with the other, held at the ear.

No associated meanings
1600 CE - 1650 CE
Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (SN) - Mandakranta Bose
Description:
3:501-502

One hand in lata touches the sides [imitating] the trunk of an elephant and is then raised and swayed while the other hand either in khatakamukha or in tripatāka is placed on the ear. Here the controversy is over the use of double or single hands [which] are of three varieties. I shall not discuss its nature as it is not useful.This is karihasta.

No associated meanings
Based upon:

Tripatāka - 3:335

Kaṭakāmukha - 3:372

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