Natyashastra
ज्येष्ठे स्वल्पप्रचाराः स्युर्मध्ये मध्यविचारिणः । अधमेषु प्रकीर्णाश्च हस्ताः कार्या प्रयोक्तृभिः ॥ १७४॥
In superior persons, the hand gestures should have minimal movement; in the middling persons, moderate movement; and in the inferior persons, the hand gestures should be more expansive and scattered.
english translation
jyeSThe svalpapracArAH syurmadhye madhyavicAriNaH । adhameSu prakIrNAzca hastAH kAryA prayoktRbhiH ॥ 174॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript