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Valita

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

Descriptions and Meanings

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

Valita When two Lata hands are crossed at the elbows they are called Valita.

No associated meanings
Based upon:

Latā - 9:190

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

Valita—the two Latā hands crossed at their elbows.

No associated meanings
Based upon:

Latā - 9:186

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400 CE - 500 CE
Visnudharmottarapurana (VDP) - Dr. Priyabala Shah
Description:
26:91

Lalita hands placed on the elbow in the form of Svastika are Valita

No associated meanings
Based upon:

Lālita - 26:90

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1138 CE - 1400 CE
Śri Pārśvadeva's Saṅgítasamayasāra (SS) - Dr. M. Vijayalakshmi
No associated images
Description:
7:100

Valita: Having svastika elbows and latakhya hasta is valita.

No associated meanings
Based upon:

Svastika - 7:71

Not included elsewhere
1200 CE - 1300 CE
Jāyasenāpativiracita Nṛttaratnāvalī, Volume I (NrtN) - Pappu Venugopala Rao and Yashoda Thakore
No associated images
Description:
2:282

The fate hastas crossed at the shoulder form the valita hastas.

No associated meanings
No dependencies
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1500 CE - 1600 CE
Nartananirnaya of Sri Pandrika Vitthala Vol. 3 (NN) - R. Sathyanarayana
No associated images
Description:
7:127

Two lata hands [displayed] crosswise at the elbows, [form] valita.

No associated meanings
Based upon:
No image available
Latā - 7:118

Not included elsewhere
1600 CE - 1650 CE
Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (SN) - Mandakranta Bose
Description:
3:524-525

Lata hands become valita when the elbows are crossed in svastika. Others say that when the tips of the hands are joined with one another facing up in khatkamukha [they form] valita. Others [suggest] that mustikasvastika hands, held up, make valita.

No associated meanings

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