Natyashastra

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निःसंज्ञो निष्प्रकम्पश्च स्थितः शून्यजडाकृतिः । स्कन्नगात्रतया चैव स्तम्भं त्वभिनयेद्बुधः ॥ १०१॥

sanskrit

Paralysis should be represented on the stage by being inactive, motionless, dispirited like an inert object, senseless, and stiff-bodied.

english translation

niHsaMjJo niSprakampazca sthitaH zUnyajaDAkRtiH | skannagAtratayA caiva stambhaM tvabhinayedbudhaH || 101||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/natyashastra/7/101

निःसंज्ञो निष्प्रकम्पश्च स्थितः शून्यजडाकृतिः । स्कन्नगात्रतया चैव स्तम्भं त्वभिनयेद्बुधः ॥ १०१॥

sanskrit

Paralysis should be represented on the stage by being inactive, motionless, dispirited like an inert object, senseless, and stiff-bodied.

english translation

niHsaMjJo niSprakampazca sthitaH zUnyajaDAkRtiH | skannagAtratayA caiva stambhaM tvabhinayedbudhaH || 101||

hk transliteration by Sanscript