Natyashastra

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आद्यं चारालमुत्तानं कुर्यान्नाभिस्तनान्तरे । न निषण्णं न च स्तब्धं न चापि परिवाहितम् ॥ १८७॥

The first (right) hand should be in the Arāla gesture, held up between the navel and the breasts; the body should neither be relaxed, nor stiff, nor swinging.

english translation

AdyaM cArAlamuttAnaM kuryAnnAbhistanAntare । na niSaNNaM na ca stabdhaM na cApi parivAhitam ॥ 187॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript