Āvartita (turned) should be performed by successively forming the crosswise (svastika) posture with the shanks. Nata (bent) is to be known by the bending of the knee. And when the shank is flung out, it is termed Kṣipta (thrown out).
Nata (bent) results from the bending of the knee. Kṣipta (thrown out) is due to flinging the shank outward. Udvāhita (raised) is to be understood from the upward lifting of the shank. Parivṛtta (turned back) is so called when the leg is drawn back in the opposite direction.
क्षिप्तं व्यायामयोगेषु ताण्डवे च प्रयुज्यते । तथा चोद्वाहितं कुर्यादाविद्धगमनादिषु ॥ २६४॥
Kṣipta (thrown out) is used in exercises and in the Tāṇḍava dance. Similarly, Udvāhita (raised) should be employed in movements like quick (āviddha) walking.
Parivṛtta (turned back) should be employed by performers in Tāṇḍava dances. Thus have the movements of the shanks been described; now listen to those of the feet.