Natyashastra

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अलातकं प्रयुञ्जीत ह्यूर्ध्वजानु निकुञ्चितम् । अर्धसूची च विक्षिप्तमुद्वृत्ताक्षिप्तके तथा ॥ २२४॥

sanskrit

One should perform the Alātaka with the knees raised and bent, the half-needle, the scattered, and the upward-thrown and downward-thrown movements.

english translation

alAtakaM prayuJjIta hyUrdhvajAnu nikuJcitam | ardhasUcI ca vikSiptamudvRttAkSiptake tathA || 224||

hk transliteration by Sanscript