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Viprakīrna

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

Descriptions and Meanings

200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natya Sastra (NS) - Board of Scholars
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9:181

(d) Svastika. The Tala Mukha hands when placed crossed at the wrists in the shape of a Svastika are termed Svastika, when they are released they are called Viprakirna.

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Talamukha - 9:180

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200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natyasastra, Volume I (NS) - Dr. Manomohan Ghosh
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9:177

Svastika—the Talamukha hands crossed at the wrists; but released after this they are called Viprakīrṇa.

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Talamukha - 9:176

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1100 CE - 1200 CE
The Mirror of Gesture (AD) - Ananda Coomaraswamy
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Viprakīrna (loosed): Svastika hands quickly separated. Patron deity Daksina-murti.

Meaning:
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drawing away the end of the robe (celancala), releasing.


1100 CE - 1200 CE
Abhinaya Darpanam of Nandikeswara (AD) - P.S.R. Apparao
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8:530

When Swastikamukha hasta is quickly separated, it becomes Viprakīrna hasta. Its presiding deity is Dakshinamilrti.

Meaning:
8:530:

This hasta is used in denoting the drawing away of the end of the robe and tossing it.


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Svastika - 8:466

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8:547-548

When two Tripataka hastas join obliquely at the elbows, then it is Viprakīrṇa hasta.

Meaning:
8:547-548:

This hasta denotes - armour, manipulation of hands / fingers, invoking a mantra, pardoning, and consideration.


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Tripatāka - 7:243-244

Tripatāka - 7:245-251

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1126 CE - 1234 CE
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study (NVoM) - Hema Govindarajan
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4:1242-1243

Viprakirṇa: The hands which are in the Haṁsapakṣa Hasta are placed facing out in front of the chest and point either upwards or downwards.

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Haṁsapaksha - 4:1162-1163

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1200 CE - 1300 CE
Jāyasenāpativiracita Nṛttaratnāvalī, Volume I (NrtN) - Pappu Venugopala Rao and Yashoda Thakore
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2:242

When the svastika hands facing down or otherwise are separated abruptly, it is viprakīrna. (The hastas follow previous hastas to form new ones)

 

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Svastika - 2:175

Talamukha - 2:241

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1350 CE - 1550 CE
Śrihastamuktāvali (HM) - Maheswar Neog
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:878

If the two Hamsapaksas are held facing down, and then moved from . the two sides of the chest to the sides, it is Viprakirna hasta.

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Haṁsapaksha - :52

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1500 CE - 1600 CE
Nartananirnaya of Sri Pandrika Vitthala Vol. 3 (NN) - R. Sathyanarayana
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7:113

If the svastika hastas are quickly separated, then it is said to be viprakīrṇa.

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Svastika - 7:104

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Arālakaṭakamukha
1600 CE - 1650 CE
Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (SN) - Mandakranta Bose
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3:482

When the same hands are separated from svastika [position] it is known as viprakirna. Some say that in viprakirna these haṁsapaksha hands are held with their tips facing upwards or downwards over the breasts and facing different directions.

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Haṁsapaksha - 3:408-409

Talamukha - 3:480

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