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Sūcyāsya

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

Descriptions and Meanings

1100 CE - 1200 CE
Abhinaya Darpanam of Nandikeswara (AD) - P.S.R. Apparao
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Description:
8:533-534

When two Sūcimukha hastas are moved aside from the front simultaneously, it will be Sūcyāsya hasta.

Meaning:
8:533-534:

This hasta denotes saying 'what am I to do'?, yearning for the beloved, saying 'everything' and 'look here'.


1126 CE - 1234 CE
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study (NVoM) - Hema Govindarajan
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Description:
4:1247-1248

Sūcyāsya: The hands which are in the Catura Hasta are extended obliquely with the elbows being slightly bent.

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Based upon:

Çatura - 4:1164-1165

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1200 CE - 1300 CE
Jāyasenāpativiracita Nṛttaratnāvalī, Volume I (NrtN) - Pappu Venugopala Rao and Yashoda Thakore
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Description:
2:248-249

First the patāka hastas perform vyavartana and parivartana in caturasra position. They are turned into sreciarpaṡīrsha hastas in the same position.

Then they become sūçīmukha hastas which are extended to the sides transversely and alternately. These are the sūcyāsya hastas as experts of dance explicated.

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1350 CE - 1550 CE
Śrihastamuktāvali (HM) - Maheswar Neog
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Description:
:880

If the two Sarpasirasas are extended a little with the two elbows contracted, it is Sucyasya hasta.

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Based upon:

Sarpaṡīrsha (Ahiphaṇa) - :42

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