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Ulbaṇa

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

Descriptions and Meanings

200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natya Sastra (NS) - Board of Scholars
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When they are stretched up and waved they are called Ulbaṇa.

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200 BCE - 200 CE
The Natyasastra, Volume I (NS) - Dr. Manomohan Ghosh
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Ulbaṇa—the two hands to be stretched up and waved.

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400 CE - 500 CE
Visnudharmottarapurana (VDP) - Dr. Priyabala Shah
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26:90

When they are raised, extended and curved they are called Ulvana.

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1100 CE - 1200 CE
The Mirror of Gesture (AD) - Ananda Coomaraswamy
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Ulbaṇa (abundance): the same hands (Alapadma) held close to the eyes. Patron deity Vijnesa.

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large clusters of flowers, eyes.


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Alapadma (Sõlapadma) - No verse annotation

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1100 CE - 1200 CE
Abhinaya Darpanam of Nandikeswara (AD) - P.S.R. Apparao
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8:544

If two Alapallava hastas are held close to the eyes, it is Ulbaṇa hasta. Its presiding deity is Vighriesa.

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8:544:

This hasta is used to denote clusters of flowers and wide open (or large) eyes.


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Alapallava (Utpalapadma) - 7:376-379

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1126 CE - 1234 CE
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study (NVoM) - Hema Govindarajan
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4:1266-1267

Ulbaṇa: The hands which are in Alapadma Hasta are stretched upwards and moved round.

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Alapadma (Sõlapadma) - 4:1182-1184

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1138 CE - 1400 CE
Śri Pārśvadeva's Saṅgítasamayasāra (SS) - Dr. M. Vijayalakshmi
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7:99

Ulvaṇa : When the hands with pallava hasta moving upward enclosing and releasing the front part of the hand, it is ulvaṇa.

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Pallava - 7:87

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1500 CE - 1600 CE
Nartananirnaya of Sri Pandrika Vitthala Vol. 3 (NN) - R. Sathyanarayana
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7:126

Two aviddha(vaktra) hands stretched upward, should be understood as ulbaṇa.

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Āviddhavakraka - 7:114

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1600 CE - 1650 CE
Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (SN) - Mandakranta Bose
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3:523

When with moving fingers the alapadma hands are extended up towards the shoulders and turned around, the hand [gesture] is known as ulbana.

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Alapallava (Alapadmaka) - 3:522

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