Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study)
by V. Dwaritha | 2013 | 71,711 words
This page relates ‘Examples of Parakiya Kalahantarita� 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 ʲī Գٲ
Examples of the ʲī variety of the Գٲ character of woman heroine:
भर्तुर्यस्� कृते गुरुर्लघुरभूद् गोष्ठी कनिष्ठीकृता धैर्यं कोशधनं गत� सहचरी नीति� कृता दूरत� �
निर्मुक्ता तृणवत् त्रप� परिचित� स्त्रोतस्वती विन्दुवत� � क्रोधादवधीरितो हतधिया मातर्बलीयान् विधि� �bharturyasya kṛte gururlaghurabhūd goṣṭhī kaniṣṭhīkṛtā dhairya� kośadhana� gata� sahacarī nīti� kṛtā dūrata� |
nirmuktā tṛṇavat trapā paricitā strotasvatī vinduvat sa krodhādavadhīrito hatadhiyā mātarbalīyān vidhi� ||[1]Foolishly in anger I insulted my lover for whom I belittled the elders, ignored the society, gave up patience and advices of friends, deserted my modesty as though it was just a straw, and assumed the mighty river to be a drop of water (suggesting that she could achieve it) O, mother! My efforts are vain as fate is really powerful.
यस्य कृते सख�! विषमाः परिजनलोकस्� ता गिरः सोढा �
सोऽप� मय� परिभूत� कर्म � कोवा पुराकृतं भुङ्क्ते �yasya kṛte sakhi! viṣamā� parijanalokasya tā gira� soḍhā |
so'pi mayā paribhūta� karma na kovā purākṛta� bhuṅkte ||[2]Friend! Whose work is this? Crooked friends� speeches have to be tolerated. Who else will suffer for the disregarding action done by me in the past?
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
鲹ñᲹī, lii. 132.
[2]:
鲹첹īԲ, lxix. 12.