नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-X. 25 ] THE GESTURES OF OTHER LIMBS 193-

Uses of the belly

19-20. Kṣāma, (thin) : in laughter, weeping, inhalation and yawning.

Khalva (depressed) : in sickness, penance (tapas), weariness and hunger.

Pūrṇa (full) : in emitting breath, fatness, disease, too much eating and the like.

These are the uses of the belly. Now listen about that of the waist.

The waist

21-24. The waist in dance and drama is of five kinds, viz. Chinnā (turned aside), Nivṛttā, (turned round), Recitā (moved about), Prakampitā = Kampitā (shaken) and Udvāhitā (raised).

Chinnā (turned aside)—in turning the middle of the waist.

Nivṛttā (turned round)—in turning to the front from the reverse position.

Recitā (moved about)—in moving in all directions.

Prakampitā (shaken)—in obliquely moving up and down.

Udvāhitā (raised)—in raising the two sides of the waist slowly.

These are the movements of the waist. Now listen about their uses.

Uses of the waist

25-26. Chinnā (turned aside) : in exercising [the limbs], hurry and looking round.

Nivṛttā (turned round) : in turning round.

Recitā (moved about) : in movements [of the general type].

Prakampitā (shaken) : in the walking of hunch-backs and persons of the inferior type.

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19-20 (B.IX.242-243a, 244a, G.20-21). ¹ B.G. read an additional hemistich between 20a and 20b.
21-24 (B.IX.244b-248a, G.22-25). ¹ B.G. read differently.
25-26 (B.IX.248b-250a, G.26-27).
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