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Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa: Nṛttahastas (Dance hands (single and combined))

1126 CE - 1234 CE - by Someśvara III

Nṛttahastas - Dance hands (single and combined)

Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa - Language: Sanskrit

This a great text for everything. It's written in the Western Chalukyan dynasty which is in modern day Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. This a truly broad and yet detailed text covering a number of elements of life at this time. One volume of this set of tomes is the Nṛtyavinōda. It returns to the same type of format of the Natya Sastra in that lists sets of movements of each part of the body with descriptions of how to execute them and what they mean.

Descriptions and Meanings

Caturaśra
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study
4:1238-1239

Caturastra: The hands which are in the Khaṭakāmukha Hasta are kept in level with the shoulders and the elbows face outwards and are at a distance of eight angulas from the chest.

Udvṛtta
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1239-1240

Udvṛtta: The two hands which are in Haṁsapaksha Hasta are waved like palm-leaf fans in front of the chest.

Talamukha
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study
4:1240-1241

Talamukha: The two hands which are in Haṁsapakṣa Hasta are raised and placed obliquely facing each other in front of the chest.

Viprakīrna
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

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.

Arālakaṭakamukha
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1244-1246

Arālakaṭakāmukha: One hand is held in front of the chest in the Khaṭakāmukha Hasta facing outwards. The other hand in the Arāla Hasta is held obliquely and is extended slightly facing outwards.

Āviddhavakraka
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1246-1247

Āviddhavakatra: The elbows, the shoulders and the hands which are in the Arāla Hasta are moved pointing downwards.

Recita
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1248-1249

Recita: The hands which are in the Haṁsapakṣa Hasta are extended away from the sides and quickly moved in a circular manner.

Ardharecita
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1249-1250

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

Utthānavaṁcita
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

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)

Pallava
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1251-1252

Pallava: The hands which are in Padmakosa Hasta with the wrists loosely held are pointed upwards or downwards either at the sides or in front.

Nitamba
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1252-1253

Nitamba: The hands which are in the Tripatāka Hasta move from the region of the shoulders to the hip where they are moved (recita).

(Tripataka is not in this source text)

Keśabandha
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1253-1254

Kēśabandha: The hands which are in the Tripatāka Hasta emerge from the region of the hair and are moved near the sides.

Latā
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1254-1255

Latābhidha: The hands which are in the Tripataka Hasta are extended to the sides and are moved (recita) continuously.

Karihasta
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study
4:1255

Karihasta: One hand in Tripatāka Hasta is held at the ear. The other is raised, bent and moved (recita).

(no Tripataka in this text)

Pakṣavañcita
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study
4:1257-1258

Pakṣavañcitaka: The hands which are in Tripatāka Hasta are placed on the upper part of the hips.

(no Tripataka in this text)

Pakṣapradyota
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study
4:1256

Pakṣapradyōtaka: The hands which are in the Tripatāka Hasta are turned up and placed on the waist.

(no Tripataka in this text)

Danḍapakṣa
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1259-1260

Danḍapakṣa: The hands which are in Haṁsapakṣa Hasta are extended obliquely and moved round (yivartita).

Garuḍapakṣa
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study
4:1258-1259

Garuḍapakṣa: The hands which are in Tripataka Hasta facing downwards are extended obliquely and the elbows are slightly bent.

Urdhvamaṇḍali
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1260-1261

Urdhvamaṇḍalina: The hands which are in the Arāla Hasta are moved round (in Vyavrtta and Parivartita) over the head.

Pārśvamaṇḍali
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1261-1262

Pārśvamaṇḍalina: The hands which are in the Arāla Hasta are moved round (in Vyavrtta and Parivartita) at the sides. (yes, it's the same as Urdhvamaṇḍalina?)

Uraḥpārśvārdhamaṇḍala
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1263-1264

Uraḥpārśvārdhamaṇḍali: One hand in the Alapadma Hasta and the other in the Arāla Hasta are moved near the chest and the sides.

Muṣṭisvastika
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1264-1265

Muṣṭisvastika: The hands which are in the Khatakamukha Hasta at the chest are bent at the wrists and then moved round.

Nalinīpadmakośa
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1265-1266

Nalinīpadmakośa: The hands which are in the Padmakosa Hasta are shaken and moved round from the knees to the head.

Ulbaṇa
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1266-1267

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

Vakṣōmaṇḍalina
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

4:1262-1263

Vakṣōmaṇḍalina: One hand is moved in Udvestita and the other in Apavestita in front of the chest.

Sūcyāsya
The Nṛtyavinōda of Mānasôllāsa, A Study

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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