Natyashastra

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त्रिविधस्त्वाङ्गिको द्य्नेयः शारीरो मुखजस्तथा । तथा चेष्टाकृतश्चैव शाखाङ्गोपाङ्गसंयुतः ॥ ११॥

The Gesture is of three kinds, viz. that of the limbs (śārira), that of the face (mukhaja) and that related to [different], movements of the entire body (ceṣṭākṛta) including the Śākhā, the Aṅga and the Upāṅga.

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siva.sh/natyashastra/8/12

शिरोहस्तकटीदक्षः पार्श्वपादसमन्वितः । अङ्गप्रत्यङ्गसंयुक्तः षडङ्गो नाट्यसंग्रहः ॥ १२॥

Dramatic performance in its entirety relates to the six limbs including the major and the minor ones, such as head, hands, lips, breast, sides and feet.

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siva.sh/natyashastra/8/13

तस्य शिरोहस्तोरःपार्श्वकटीपादतः षडङ्गानि । नेत्रभ्रूनासाधरकपोलचिबुकान्युपाङ्गानि ॥ १३॥

The six major limbs (aṅga) are head, hands, breast, sides, waist and feet, and the (six) minor limbs (upāṅga) are eyes, eyebrows, nose, lower lip and chin.

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siva.sh/natyashastra/8/14

अस्य शाखा च नृत्तं च तथैवाङ्कुर एव च । वस्तून्यभिनयस्येह विज्ञेयानि प्रयोक्तृभिः ॥ १४॥

Producers of plays should reckon the Śākhā, dance (nṛtta) and the Aṅkura as the three aspects of the Histrionic Representation.

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siva.sh/natyashastra/8/15

आङ्गिकस्तु भवेच्छाखा ह्यङ्कुरः सूचना भवेत् । अङ्गहारविनिष्पन्नं नृत्तं तु करणाश्रयम् ॥ १५॥

The Gestures are called the Śākhā; pantomiming through them is the Aṅkura and that which is based on the Karaṇas and consists of the Aṅgahāras is called dance (nṛtta).

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Chapter 8

Verses 16-20