Utthānavaṁcita
Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)
Descriptions and Meanings
9:187
Two Tripataka [hands arc slightly bent obliquely and the shoulders and the elbows are moved. This is remembered as Uttānavancita.
9:183
Uttānavañcita—The two Tripatāka hands are slightly bent obliquely and the shoulders and the elbows are moved.
8:583
If two Tripataka hastas are placed on the two shoulders, then it is Utthānavaṁcita hasta.
8:583:
This hasta denotes Lord Vishnu and a pillar. It is important in all types of natyas.
4:1250-1251
Uttanavañcita: The shoulders and elbows are bent and the hands which are in the Tripatāka Hasta are moved obliquely.
(there is no tripataka in this source)
Not included elsewhere
7:89
Uttanavancita : When the hands in tripataka hasta is moved a little towards the sides of the body, it is uttanavancita.
2:252
Hands are held at the level of any of the shoulders, cheeks, forehead in tripataka hasta. They are held transversely, slightly supine and face each other. The shoulders and elbows are moved slightly. This is utthānavaṅcita.
7:118
If tripatāka hands are held in front of the cheeks, it is then uttānavañcita.
3:498-499
When the hands in tripatāka face each other slightly ob-liquely near the cheeks or the chest or the elbows and then moved away from the chest with the shoulders and elbows slightly shaking, then the experts call [the gesture] uttanavancita.