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Āviddhavakraka

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

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200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natya Sastra (NS) - Board of Scholars
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9:183

The two hands are to have Kutila (oblique) movement after touching the opposite shoulder elbow and hands. Then the palms are moved and turned towards the back. This is known as Āviddhavakraka.

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200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natyasastra, Volume I (NS) - Dr. Manomohan Ghosh
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9:179

Āviddhavakraka—The two hands are to have a graceful (kuṭila) movement after touching [successively] the opposite shoulder, elbow and hands, and the palms [of the hands] moved are to turn towards the back.

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400 CE - 500 CE
Visnudharmottarapurana (VDP) - Dr. Priyabala Shah
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26:75

Two hands with the elbows curved and the palm of the hands bent upwards are called Āviddha.

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1126 CE - 1234 CE
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study (NVoM) - Hema Govindarajan
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4:1246-1247

Āviddhavakatra: The elbows, the shoulders and the hands which are in the Arāla Hasta are moved pointing downwards.

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Arāla - 4:1176-1178

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1138 CE - 1400 CE
Śri Pārśvadeva's Saṅgítasamayasāra (SS) - Dr. M. Vijayalakshmi
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7:86

Aviddhavakra: If the upper part of hand is twisted in the aviddha hasta, it is aviddha vokra.

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1200 CE - 1300 CE
Jāyasenāpativiracita Nṛttaratnāvalī, Volume I (NrtN) - Pappu Venugopala Rao and Yashoda Thakore
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2:247

Pataka hasta amorously traverses the bent shoulders, elbows and arms in that order to form āviddhavakra hastas.

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Patāka - 2:97-99

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1350 CE - 1550 CE
Śrihastamuktāvali (HM) - Maheswar Neog
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:879

If the two Aralas are held up with the two elbows joined together, and then are made to face down tremblingly, it is Aviddhavaktra

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Arāla - :45

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1500 CE - 1600 CE
Nartananirnaya of Sri Pandrika Vitthala Vol. 3 (NN) - R. Sathyanarayana
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7:114

If the self same hands are reversed and displayed with sportful movements of the forearm, elbow and shoulder [it becomes] āviddhavaktra.

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Ulbaṇa
1600 CE - 1650 CE
Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (SN) - Mandakranta Bose
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3:486-487

Moving patāka hands quickly inward [in vyavrtti] with palms facing downwards while the arms, the elbows and the shoulders are moved gracefully, it is called aviddhavaktra hand [gesture]. Experts say that it is used in throwing or walking.

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Patāka - 3:325-327

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