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Danḍapakṣa

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

Descriptions and Meanings

200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natya Sastra (NS) - Board of Scholars
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9:194

Two Hamsapaksa hands moved alternately and then held out like a staff are called Danḍapakṣa.

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Haṁsapaksha - 9:105

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200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natyasastra, Volume I (NS) - Dr. Manomohan Ghosh
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9:190

Daṇḍapaksa—the two Haṃsapakṣa hands moved alternately and then held out like a staff.

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Haṁsapaksha - 9:105

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400 CE - 500 CE
Visnudharmottarapurana (VDP) - Dr. Priyabala Shah
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26:86

When the two hands are stretched, they are called Danḍa-pakṣa. 

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1126 CE - 1234 CE
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study (NVoM) - Hema Govindarajan
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4:1259-1260

Danḍapakṣa: The hands which are in Haṁsapakṣa Hasta are extended obliquely and moved round (yivartita).

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Haṁsapaksha - 4:1162-1163

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1138 CE - 1400 CE
Śri Pārśvadeva's Saṅgítasamayasāra (SS) - Dr. M. Vijayalakshmi
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7:92

Dandahasta : If the hands have the formation of hansapaksha and they are spread out obliquely, they are revolved and changed, it is danda hasta.

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Haṁsapaksha - 7:43

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1200 CE - 1300 CE
Jāyasenāpativiracita Nṛttaratnāvalī, Volume I (NrtN) - Pappu Venugopala Rao and Yashoda Thakore
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2:261-262

When the haṁsapakṣa hasta is brought from the side to chest in vyavartana and simultaneously the other hand moves horizontally in line with the shoulder in parivartana, they are danḍapakṣa hastas. This action must be executed by alternating the hands.

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1350 CE - 1550 CE
Śrihastamuktāvali (HM) - Maheswar Neog
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:890

if the two Hamsapaksas are extended to the two sides, and they are gracefully brought to the top by making them alternately face up and down, it is Dandapaksa hasta

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Haṁsapaksha - :52

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1500 CE - 1600 CE
Nartananirnaya of Sri Pandrika Vitthala Vol. 3 (NN) - R. Sathyanarayana
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7:120

When the shoulder in haṁsapakṣa moves sideways, it is danḍapakṣa.

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Haṁsapaksha - 7:84

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1600 CE - 1650 CE
Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (SN) - Mandakranta Bose
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3:505-506

One hand in haṁsapaksha is brought from its side near the chest while the other hand in lata is gracefully extended. [The same movement] is done with the hands [lit: body] alternating. This is known as dandapaksa. Some say that both the hands are extended at the same time.

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Haṁsapaksha - 3:408-409

Latā - 3:500

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