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Alapallava (Alapadmaka)

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

Descriptions and Meanings

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

The hands have Udvestita Karana in their movements in Alapallava hand.

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200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natyasastra, Volume I (NS) - Dr. Manomohan Ghosh
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9:196

Alapallava—the two hands to have the Udveṣṭita Karaṇa in their movements.

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Udveṣṭita - 9:204

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400 CE - 500 CE
Visnudharmottarapurana (VDP) - Dr. Priyabala Shah
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26:89

When the fore-parts of both the hands are enclosed, they should be known as Alapallava.

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1500 CE - 1600 CE
Nartananirnaya of Sri Pandrika Vitthala Vol. 3 (NN) - R. Sathyanarayana
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7:125

[The same] turning outward in the region of the chest [give] alapallava.

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1600 CE - 1650 CE
Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (SN) - Mandakranta Bose
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3:522

In alapadmaka, the alapallava hands are [first] placed in the region of the chest in udvestita and then they are moved back near the shoulders.

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