Natyashastra

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अधोमुखस्थितं चैव विवर्तितमिति स्मृतम् । शस्त्रक्षतमृतोत्क्षिप्तमत्तोन्मत्तेषु कारयेत् ॥ २३२॥

Lying face downwards is known as Vivartita posture. It should be used to represent someone wounded by a weapon, dead, vomiting, intoxicated, or mad.

english translation

adhomukhasthitaM caiva vivartitamiti smRtam । zastrakSatamRtotkSiptamattonmatteSu kArayet ॥ 232॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript