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Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study)

by V. Dwaritha | 2013 | 71,711 words

This page relates ‘Examples of Parakiya Khandita� 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 9 - Examples of ʲī ṇḍ

Examples of the ʲī variety of the ṇḍ character of woman heroine:

कान्तं विपक्षवनितावलयाङ्किताङ्ग� नेयं वतोपदिशतीति भृशं विलोक्� �
चञ्चच्चकोरनयनान्तनितान्तशोणा दूतीमुखे विनिहिता� खल� नेत्रकोणाः �

kānta� vipakṣavanitāvalayāṅkitāṅga� neya� vatopadiśatīti bhṛśa� vilokya |
cañcaccakoranayanāntanitāntaśoṇ� ūīmukhe vinihitā� khalu netrakoṇāḥ ||
[1]

Seeing intently the hero with the marks of the bangle of the rival woman, the with eyes like the cakora saw her friend through sidelong glances.

कान्तं निरीक्ष्� वलयाङ्कितकण्ठदेश� मुक्ता स्तय� परभिया परुष� � वाचः �
दूतीमुखे मृगदृश� स्खलदम्बुपूर� दूरात्पर� रुरुधिरे नयनान्तपाताः �

kānta� nirīkṣya valayāṅkitakaṇṭhadeśa� muktā stayā parabhiyā paruṣ� na vāca� |
ūīmukhe mṛgadṛś� skhaladambupūrā dūrātpara� rurudhire nayanāntapātā� ||
[2]

Even after seeing the imprint of the bracelet of another woman on his neck, the did not speak harsh words out of fear of being heard by others; instead she looked at the ūī with side long glances flooding with tears. [Fear of other’s hearing her is indicative of the secretive nature of the ʲī]

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

鲹첹īԲ, lxiii. 11.

[2]:

鲹ñᲹī, xlvii. 128.

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