Pakṣavañcita

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

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Descriptions and Meanings

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

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9:192

A Tripataka hand is placed on the waist and the other on the head. The sponsors of dance programmes know this as Pakṣavañcitaka.

No associated meanings

Based upon:
In the Patāka hand the ring finger is kept bent. This should be known as Tripatāka understand its application (function).

Tripatāka - 9:27
Mentioned by:
The hands in the Pakṣavancitaka change places (waist and head). Then they are remembered as Pakṣapradyotaka.

Pakṣapradyota

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

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9:188

Pakṣavañcitaka—one Tripatāka hand placed on the waist and another on the head.

No associated meanings

Based upon:
Tripatāka (flag with three fingers)—the third finger of the Patāka hand to be bent.

Tripatāka - 9:26-32
Mentioned by:
Pakṣapradyotaka—the Pakṣavañcitaka hands changing places (i.e. the hands placed on the waist to be put on the head and vice versa).

Pakṣapradyota

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

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26:84

When the fore-parts of the Tripatāka hands are placed on the top of the waist, the performer should know them as Pakṣavancita.

No associated meanings

Based upon:
In this Patāka hand, when the Anāmika (ring-finger) is bent, it is called Tripatāka.

Tripatāka - 26:17
Mentioned by:
When two of the same are in the reverse order, the pose is called Pakṣodyota.

Pakṣapradyota

1100 CE - 1200 CE
The Mirror of Gesture (AD) - Ananda Coomaraswamy

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No verse annotation

Pakṣa-vañcita (bent wing): Tripataka hands are placed upon the hips. Patron deity Arjuna.

Meaning:
No verse annotation:

movement of the thighs, difference.

Based upon:
Tripatāka (three parts of the flag): the third finger of the Patāka hand is bent.

Tripatāka - No verse annotation According to another book: same definition. It is so called since Sakra (Indra; and others held the vajra. weapon with three parts of the “flag” leaving out the third finger. Its colour is red, it is of Ksattriya race, its sage is Guha. its patron deity Siva.

According to another book: same definition. It is so called since Sakra (Indra; and others held the vajra. weapon with three parts of the “flag” leaving out the third finger. Its colour is red, it is of Ksattriya race, its sage is Guha. its patron deity Siva.

Tripatāka - No verse annotation
Mentioned by:
Pakṣa-pradyota (shining wing): Pakṣa-vancita hands face upwards. Patron deity Siddha.

Pakṣapradyota

1100 CE - 1200 CE
Abhinaya Darpanam of Nandikeswara (AD) - P.S.R. Apparao

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8:518

If two Tripataka hastas are placed - one on the waist and the other on the head - it becomes Pakṣavañcita (bent wing) hasta ; its patron deity is Arjuna.

Meaning:
8:518:

This hasta is used to denote the movement of thighs and in showing difference.

Based upon:
When the ring finger of Patāka hasta is bent, it becomes Tripatāka hasta .

Tripatāka - 7:243-244 When the ring finger of Patāka hasta is bent, it becomes Tripatāka hasta .

Tripatāka - 7:245-251
Mentioned by:
Pakṣapradyota

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Description:
8:579-580

If two Ardhacandra hastas are placed on the waist, it is Pakṣavaṁcita hasta.

Meaning:
8:579-580:

This hasta denotes the wings of birds, rasana, and hip.

Based upon:
If the thumb of the Patāka hasta is streched out it becomes Ardhaçandra hasta.

Ardhaçandra - 7:266-268 When the thumb of Pataka hasta is stretched away from the other fingers, it beocmes Ardhaçandra hasta.

Ardhaçandra - 7:269-274
Mentioned by:
Pakṣapradyota

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

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4:1257-1258

Pakṣavañcitaka: The hands which are in Tripatāka Hasta are placed on the upper part of the hips.

(no Tripataka in this text)

No associated meanings

No dependencies
Not included elsewhere

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

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Description:
7:91

Pakshavancita : Front parts of both hands with pataka hasta are kept in the front parts of waist, it is pakshavancita.

No associated meanings

Based upon:
Patākā: If the thumb is a little drawn in and the fore fingers etc. are kept spread, it is patākā.

Patāka - 7:39
Not included elsewhere

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

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2:258

Kaṭakāmukha was suggested in place of tripataka. A few others said tripataka was originally called lalataka. One tripataka held at the waist and other at the head with the tips touching the body is pakṣavañcita.

No associated meanings

Based upon:
When the ring finger is bent, it is tripatāka hasta since the other three fingers remain in the patāka position.

Tripatāka - 2:106 The middle finger is bent to be held by the thumb and the remaining are raised and bent. This is kaṭakāmukha hasta

Kaṭakāmukha - 2:113-114
Mentioned by:
If the tips of the fingers of the above hasta are turned away from the waist, pakṣapradyota hastas are formed. It is always more impressive when pakṣavahcita hastas are executed first and then pakṣapradyotaka hastas.

Pakṣapradyota

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

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Description:
:874

If one of the two Tripatakas is placed over the head and the other placed over the waist, it is Paksavancita hasta.

No associated meanings

Based upon:
When in the Pataka hasta the ring-finger is bent, it is called Tripataka hasta, so pleasing to people.

Tripatāka - :37
Not included elsewhere

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

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7:119

Placing tripatāka hastas in front of the waist and the head gives pakṣavañcita.

No associated meanings

Based upon:
Curving the ring finger of patāka [gives] tripatāka.

Tripatāka - 7:96
Mentioned by:
If the selfsame are exchanged, it is declared to be pakṣapradyota.

Pakṣapradyota

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

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Description:
3:503

The fingertips of tripatāka hands are placed on top of the hips in pakṣavañcita.

No associated meanings

Based upon:
Patāka becomes tripatāka when the ring-finger is bent.

Tripatāka - 3:335
Mentioned by:
Pakṣapradyota

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