नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

174 THE NATYASASTRA [IX. 42-

42. And with the two such (saṁyuta)-hands or one such (asaṁyuta) hand should be represented antelope, yak, buffalo, celestial elephant (airāvata), bull, gate (gopura) and hill-top.

43-45. Ardhacandra (crescent moon)—the fingers and the thumb so bent as to make a curve like a bow.

(Uses) : With this should be represented young trees, crescent moon, conchshell, jar (kalaśa), bracelet, forcible opening, exertion¹, thinness and drinking². With this [very] Ardhacandra hand women should represent girdle, hip, waist, face, Tālapatra³ and earring.

46-52. Arāla (bent)—the forefinger curved like a bow, the thumb also curved and the remaining fingers separated and turned upwards.

(Uses) : With this should be represented courage, pride, prowess, beauty, contentment, heavenly [objects], poise, act of blessing and other favourable states. And this, again, will represent woman’s gathering of hairs or scattering them and looking carefully over their entire body. The preliminaries to the marriage by bride’s going round the bridegroom¹ and [marital] union² are to be represented by two Arāla hands moving around each other and their fingers meeting in the form of a Svastika. And with similar hands should be represented circumambulation, round objects, great crowd of men, objects arranged on the ground³. In calling any one, asking any one not to come in, uprooting anything,

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42 (B.G. 42).
43-45 (B G. 43-45). ¹ āyastam khedam (Ag.).
² pānaṁ for pīnaṁ (B.G.).
³ Mss. read tālapatra (tāḍapatra) meaning a kind of ear-ornament (tuṭaṅka or taṭaṅka). It is different kuṇḍala from which is also an ear-ornament.
46-52 (B.46-52, G 46-51, 53). ¹ kautukam—vivāhāt pūrvabhāvi vadhūvarayor ācāraḥ antarvivāhaḥ (Ag.).
² vivāhaḥ—agnau sākṣiṇi pāṇigrahaṇam (Ag.).
³ Objects such as Ālpanā and flowers arranged on the ground. For Ālpana see L'alpana by Andre at Suzanne Karpelles, Paris, 1930 (?)
⁴ G. reads after this a couplet defining the Arāla hand.