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Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

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1600 CE - 1650 CE
Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (SN) - Mandakranta Bose

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3:508-509

When two arāla hands are brought to the forehead from the chest and then to the sides, moving them around in a circle, it is known as the urdhvamandalina hand-[gesture]. Some say that gesture ends when [the hands] reach the forehead. The experts on dance know it as cakravartinika.

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That is known as arala where the thumb is bent like a bow at first, the palm is curved in the middle and the rest of [the fingers] are half bent touching [each other].

That is known as arala where the thumb is bent like a bow at first, the palm is curved in the middle and the rest of [the fingers] are half bent touching [each other].

Arāla - 3:355-357
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Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

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