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Elizabeth Kelly
Latā
Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)
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Two hands to be obliquely stretched sideways are termed Latā.
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Karihasta
Valita
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9:186
Latā—the two hands to be obliquely stretched sideways.
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26:82
Two hands lying on the side and extended obliquely, should be known as Latā, in the acting of Nrtta.
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Latā (creeper): Pataka hands held like a swing. Patron deity Sakti.
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being heavy with drink, beginning (the dance called) svabhava natana, lines, state of union (yoga-condition), etc.
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8:516-517
If two Pataka hastas are held like a swing, it is Latā (creeper) hasta. Its patron deity is Sakti.
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Latā hasta denotes the following : motionlessness, heavy with drink, beginning the dance called Swabhava natana, lines and yoga state.
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8:561-563
When two Alapadma hastas, bent at the ends, are moving, then it is Latā hasta.
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This hasta is used to denote the following: Bhramara- natya, shaking bud in the wind, creeper full of flowers, shaking of the cluster of flowers and boque (useful for playing as a ball).
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4:1254-1255
Latābhidha: The hands which are in the Tripataka Hasta are extended to the sides and are moved (recita) continuously.
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7:90
Latakhya: When the hands are well spread slantingly, it is latakhya.
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2:256
Pataka hastas are stretched horizontally and held loose to form latā hastas. These are used in nrtta and abhinaya. In nitamba and other hastas other scholars suggest tripataka hastas.
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If the two Tripatakas in Recita, facing up, are held in the front, a little trembling, it is Lata hasta.
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7:118
If tripatāka hands are transversely (obliquely) moved swingingly, it is latākara hasta.
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Garuḍapakṣa
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When the hands in patāka or in tripatāka are stretched and swayed sideways it is known as lata by the experts in dance.
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