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Ardharecita

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

Descriptions and Meanings

200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natya Sastra (NS) - Board of Scholars
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9:186

The left hand is as in the Caturasra and the right hand as in the Recita. This should be known by those convcrsent with the principles of dance as Ardharecita.

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Caturaśra - 9:178
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200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natyasastra, Volume I (NS) - Dr. Manomohan Ghosh
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9:182

Ardharecita—The left hand should be as in the Caturasra and the right hand as in the Recita.

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Caturaśra - 9:174 No image available
Recita - 9:181
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400 CE - 500 CE
Visnudharmottarapurana (VDP) - Dr. Priyabala Shah
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26:78

When the left hand is Caturasra and the right hand is Recita, the scholars of Natya-tattva should know the pose as Ardha-recita.

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Caturaśra - 26:71
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1100 CE - 1200 CE
The Mirror of Gesture (AD) - Ananda Coomaraswamy
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Ardha-recita: two Recita hands one is held palm downwards. Patron deity Nandikesvara.

Meaning:
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invitation, giving presents, concealing actions.


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Recita - No verse annotation
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1100 CE - 1200 CE
Abhinaya Darpanam of Nandikeswara (AD) - P.S.R. Apparao
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8:535-536

When one of the two Recita hastas is held palm downwards and then both are held in recita position, it becomes Ardharēcita hasta.

Meaning:
8:535-536:

This hasta is used to denote invitation, giving presents and concealing the actions.


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Recita - 8:512-513 No image available
Recita - 8:576-577
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1126 CE - 1234 CE
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study (NVoM) - Hema Govindarajan
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4:1249-1250

Ardharēcita: One hand in Recita Hasta and the other in Caturastra Hasta are moved in Khatakasya.

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Caturaśra - 4:1238-1239 No image available
Recita - 4:1248-1249
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1138 CE - 1400 CE
Śri Pārśvadeva's Saṅgítasamayasāra (SS) - Dr. M. Vijayalakshmi
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7:86

Ardharecita : In the recita hasta if one hand is kept as caturasra hasta, it is ardharecita.

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Caturaśra - 7:84 No image available
Recita - 7:85
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1200 CE - 1300 CE
Jāyasenāpativiracita Nṛttaratnāvalī, Volume I (NrtN) - Pappu Venugopala Rao and Yashoda Thakore
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2:251

One hand continues recita and the other is in caturasra position. These are executed alternately to form ardharecita hastas.

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Caturaśra - 2:238 No image available
Recita - 2:250
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1350 CE - 1550 CE
Śrihastamuktāvali (HM) - Maheswar Neog
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:870

If there be one Recita hasta and one Khatakamukha, dance experts should take that to he Ardharecita.

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Kaṭakāmukha - :44 No image available
Recita - :869
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1500 CE - 1600 CE
Nartananirnaya of Sri Pandrika Vitthala Vol. 3 (NN) - R. Sathyanarayana
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7:116

If one of these hands is caturasra (hasta) it is ardharecita.

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Caturaśra - 7:111 No image available
Recita - 7:115
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1600 CE - 1650 CE
Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (SN) - Mandakranta Bose
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3:492

The same gesture with one hand in caturasra is known as ardharecita. Sarrigadeva considers that when the left hand is in khatakamukha and the right hand is in recita it is ardharecita.

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Kaṭakāmukha - 3:372
Caturaśra - 3:476-477 No image available
Recita - 3:491
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