Natyashastra

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अचञ्चलमकुब्जं चासन्नगात्रमथापि च । नात्युच्चं चलपादञ्च सौष्ठवाङ्गं प्रयोजयेत् ॥ ९१॥

sanskrit

The limbs should be steady, not bent, close to the body, neither too upright nor with unsteady feet—this is how Sauṣṭhava (graceful poise) should be applied.

english translation

acaJcalamakubjaM cAsannagAtramathApi ca | nAtyuccaM calapAdaJca sauSThavAGgaM prayojayet || 91||

hk transliteration