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Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study)

by V. Dwaritha | 2013 | 71,711 words

This page relates ‘Examples of Mugdha Vasakasajjika� of the study dealing with the Ashta-Nayikas—a classification of eight kinds of “Heroines� representing the eight emotional states (avastha) employed in the classical Indian dance and performing arts (otherwise known as Natya Shastra). These Ashtanayikas reflect the eight types of romantic relationships and have hence formed the expressive subject of many classical painting, poems and dramatic plays.

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Part 8 - Examples of ѳܲ Vāsakasajjikā

Examples of the ѳܲ variety of the Vāsakasajjikā character of woman heroine:

हारं गुम्फत� तारकातिरुचिर� ग्रथ्नात� काञ्चीलतां दीपं न्यस्यति किन्तु तत्र वहलस्नेह� � धत्त� पुनः �
आलीनामिति वासकस्� रजनौ कायानुरूपा� क्रिया� सा विस्मेरमुखी नवोढसुमुखी दूरात्समुद्वीक्षत� �

hāra� gumphati tārakātirucira� grathnāti kāñcīlatā� dīpa� nyasyati kintu tatra vahalasneha� na dhatte puna� |
ālīnāmiti vāsakasya rajanau kāyānurūpā� kriyā� sā vismeramukhī navoḍhasumukhī dūrātsamudvīkṣate ||
[1]

The pretty newly wed heroine watches her friends� preparations for sporting the hero with a smile indicating reminiscence. One of them makes a pearl necklace as bright as the stars, while the other makes a griddle like the creeper and yet another lights the lamp with very little oil. [The fact that the heroine stays afar indictes her bashfulness]

मुग्धाक्ष्या दयितागमस्य दिवस� निर्णी� मानान्तरान्मन्दाक्षातिशयात्प्रसाधनविधौ साक्षादपर्याप्तय� �
पश्यत्ये� सखीजन� सुमनसामाकाङ्क्षय� कैतवात्कुञ्जान्तर्गमनादनाय� वसनालङ्कारमुत्सारणम् �

mugdhākṣyā dayitāgamasya divasa� nirṇīya mānāntarānmandākṣātiśayātprasādhanavidhau sākṣādaparyāptayā ||
paśyatyeva sakhījane sumanasāmākāṅkṣayā kaitavā
tkuñjāntargamanādanāyi vasanālaṅkāramutsāraṇam ||[2]

The fair eyed woman, having made sure of the day of the nayaka’s arrival, and bashfully thought of the direct way of pleasing as insufficient. With expectation she saw her friends and by some deception entered the bower and started wearing her clothes.

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[1]:

鲹ñᲹī, lxiv. 155.

[2]:

鲹Ի, 19.

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