Natyashastra

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कम्पनं वलनं चैव स्तम्भनोद्वर्तने तथा । निवर्तनं च पञ्चैतान्यूरुकर्माणि कारयेत् ॥ २५२॥

sanskrit

Shaking (kampana), turning (valana), motionlessness (stambhana), springing up (udvartana), and turning round (nivartana)—these five are the movements (karmāṇi) of the thighs (ūru) to be employed ॥ in dramatic performance॥.

english translation

kampanaM valanaM caiva stambhanodvartane tathA । nivartanaM ca paJcaitAnyUrukarmANi kArayet ॥ 252॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/natyashastra/9/252

कम्पनं वलनं चैव स्तम्भनोद्वर्तने तथा । निवर्तनं च पञ्चैतान्यूरुकर्माणि कारयेत् ॥ २५२॥

sanskrit

Shaking (kampana), turning (valana), motionlessness (stambhana), springing up (udvartana), and turning round (nivartana)—these five are the movements (karmāṇi) of the thighs (ūru) to be employed ॥ in dramatic performance॥.

english translation

kampanaM valanaM caiva stambhanodvartane tathA । nivartanaM ca paJcaitAnyUrukarmANi kArayet ॥ 252॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript