Natyashastra

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कनिष्ठाङ्गुलिनिष्क्रामः प्रथमे तु कले भवेत् । शम्यापातो द्वितीया च तृतीया ताल एव च ॥ ४४॥

sanskrit

In the first Kalā, the little finger (kaniṣṭhāṅguli) should move out (niṣkrāma); the second is the dropping (āpāta) of the rod (śamya); and the third is the beat (tāla) itself.

english translation

kaniSThAGguliniSkrAmaH prathame tu kale bhavet । zamyApAto dvitIyA ca tRtIyA tAla eva ca ॥ 44॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/natyashastra/31/44

कनिष्ठाङ्गुलिनिष्क्रामः प्रथमे तु कले भवेत् । शम्यापातो द्वितीया च तृतीया ताल एव च ॥ ४४॥

sanskrit

In the first Kalā, the little finger (kaniṣṭhāṅguli) should move out (niṣkrāma); the second is the dropping (āpāta) of the rod (śamya); and the third is the beat (tāla) itself.

english translation

kaniSThAGguliniSkrAmaH prathame tu kale bhavet । zamyApAto dvitIyA ca tRtIyA tAla eva ca ॥ 44॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript