Natyashastra

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निर्वेगौत्सुक्यचिन्तासु मन्दा शोके च योजयेत् । तीव्रगन्धे विकृष्टां तौ रौद्रे वीरे तथैव च ॥ १३५॥

sanskrit

Mandā (gentle nose movement) should be used in states of indifference, eagerness, anxiety, and grief. Vikṛṣṭā (drawn-out nose movement) is to be applied in cases of intense smell, as well as in the Furious and Heroic Sentiments.

english translation

nirvegautsukyacintAsu mandA zoke ca yojayet | tIvragandhe vikRSTAM tau raudre vIre tathaiva ca || 135||

hk transliteration by Sanscript