COMPARISON OF THE M U D ~ S OF HASTALAKSANADE-, N~YA'SASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND B~~LARAMBHARATA

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NS TRIPATAKA

1. Ascetic

2. Entrance

3. Submarine fire

4. Fight

5. Whales

6. The jumping of

monkeys

7. Waves

8. Wind

9. Women

10.The crescent moon.

AD TRIPATAKA ----

1. Crown 2. Tree

3. The vajra (thunder

bolt of Indra)

4. Indra

5 . The ketaki Flower

6. Lamp

7. Raising flames

8. Pigeon

9. Patterns drawn on

the face or breast

(petralekha)

10. Arrow

11 .Turning round.

M U D R ~ ~ HLD PATAKA

1 . The Sun

6. Crocodile

7. Decoration

BRB TRIPATAKA

1. Visnu 2. Indra

3. Conch 4. Cakra

5. Vajra

6. Two men and women

7 . Touching the crown

on the head

8. Light

9. Flaming of fire

10. Ketaki flower

1 1. Mango sprout

12 Elephant's hook and

tusk

13 .Tree

14. Part of a banner

15. Top of a chariot

... . 8 Creeper

9. Flag

10. Wave

1 1 .Path

1 2 .Pdtdjam

(The mythical

world below the

Earth)

COMPARISON OF THE M U D ~ S OF HASTALA@ANAD~IK& N ~ Y ~ A S T R A , ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

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BRB TRIPATAKA

16. Mountain

17. Hoof of a horse

18. Brightness

19. Abhinaya of erotic

sentiment in Ndga

20. Anointing with

collyrium

2 1 . Putting 'niima ' (mark

with sandal paste etc.)

22. In touching several

auspicious things

23. Installation of I

Sivalirigu

24. Writing mantras and

yan tras.

AD TRIPATAKA NS TRIPATAKA MULIRA HLD PATAKA

13. The Earth

14. The buttocks

15. Bowl

16. Palace

17. Evening

1 8. After noon

19. Cloud

20. Ant-hill

21. Thigh

22. servant

23. Foot

24. Wheel

25. Seat

26. Lightning

27. Gate-tower

NS TRIPATAKA AD TRIPATAKA M U D R A BRlB TRIPATAKA HLD PATAKA

42. Noise

44. Messenger

45. Sand-bank

46. Tender leaves.

COMPARISON OF THE MUDMS OF HASTALAQANAD&IK& NAPASASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

BRB SANDAMSA

1. Rain water

2. Truth

3. Cinmudrii

4. Jnanamudra

5. Daksiniimfirtimudrii

6. The face of a deer

7. Full blown flowers

8. Sarasvati.

9. Triangle

10. The end of a knot

1 1. Drawing pictures

12.. Anointing with

sindtira etc

13. Testing the colour

of gold

AD HAMSASYA

1,Blessingor

2. Festival

3. The tying with tread

4. Ascertaining

instruction

5. Horripilation

6. Pearls

7. Putting the wick of a

lamp forward

7. A touch stone

8. Jasmine

9. Painting

10. The act of painting

11. Dyke impending a

current

NS SANDAMSA

1.Pluckingofflowers

2. Arranging flowers

into garlands.

3 . Taking blades of grass

4. Petals

5. Hairs

6. Threads

7. Holding out or

uprooting a thorn

8- Taking the wick of a

lamp

9. Using the stick of

collyrium

10.Expressing

indignation using

M U D R A HLD M U D ~ A

1. Increase

2. Movement

3. The Heaven

4. The ocean

5. Heavily intermin

gled entangled

6. Forgetting,

7. 'All'

8. To inform

9. Thing 10. Death

11. Meditation

12. The sacred thread

worn by the

Brahmins

13. Straighthruth

COMPARISON OF THE M U D ~ S OF HASTALAWANAD&IK& NLQYASASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

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M U D R A HLD MUDRKKHYA

14. Mind

15. Thought

16. Desire 17. Self

1 8. Rememberance

19. Knowledge/

wisdom,

20. Creation

21. Life

22. Displeasure

23. That which is

coming into

being/ next

24. Negative

25. Meaning of

dative case

NS SANDAMSA

words like 'fie upon

you'

1 1. Holding the sacred

thread

12. Piercing holes in

pearls

1 3. Stinging the bow

and aim with the

arrow

14. Yogic practice.

15. Meditation

16. Showing small

quantity.

17. Insignificance.

18. Contempt

AD HAMSASYA BRB SANDAM~A

14. To smell a flower

15. Sacred thread worn by

Brahmins

16. Mind

COMPARISON OF THE M U D ~ S OF HASTALAK~$ANAD@IK& NATYASASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

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M U D R A NS SANDAMSA

19. Envy

20. Finding fault with

and abuse

21. To colour a picture

22. Apply collyrium in

the eye

23. Express doubt

24. To make a boquet of

tender petals and

25. Pound the lac in to a

paste.

HLD MUDR&EWA AD HAMSASYA BRB SANDAMSA

1 . The abode of the God-

2. Ankle-hook

6. Breaking I cutting

9. Main woman

musk, sandal etc. by

7. Drawing a bow string

10.Tucking the loose

ends of clothes

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COMPARISON OF THE M U I X ~ ~ OF HASTALAJ~ANADPIKA, N ~ Y A ~ A S T R A , ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

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M U D R A AD KATAKAMUKHA BRB KATAKA OR KATAKAMUKHA

10. Movement of

chowrie.

11. Making a thread soft

12. To hold the handle of

mirror

1 3. Giving rolled betel

leaf

14. The dance of Jagginis

HLD KATAKA

17. Trench.

18. News about

19. Chariot

20. Combinedl union

21. Flower

22. Mirror.

23. Woman

24. Sacrifice

25. Sweat

26. Quiver

27. A little

28. 'Which'

29. Fragrant \

fragrance

NS KATAKAMUKHA

12. Drawing of arrows

13. Gathering of flowers

14. Holding the goad

15. Pulling a hook or coir

16. Showing the presence

of a woman

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NS MUST1

1. Action like showering

blows

2. Exerting (in fight)

3. Pushing out.

4. Pressing

5. Rubbing of swords and

clubs

6. Taking hold of stick,

spears etc.

AD MUST1

1. Steadfastness

2. Grasping one's hair

3. The fighting mood of

wrestlers

M U D R A BRB MUST1 . .

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1. The shield

2. Turning round the mace

upward

3. Bearing a stick

4. Taking several

weapons

5. To salute Vinayaka

6. To embrace

7. To ask 'what is in the

hand'?

HLD MUST1

1. Charioteer

2. Salvation

3. Beauty

4. Goodness 5. Ghost

6. Binding

7. Worthiness

8. Status 9. Ankle.

10. Pulling

11 .Chowri

12. Deity in charge of

death.

13. Mud

14. Medicinal herb

15. Bow

AD MUST1 NS MUST1 M U D R A BRB MUST1 HLD MUST1

16. Swing

17. Charity

1 8. Circurnambul ation

19. Mining.

20. Giving up/

Sacrifice

21. Spear.

22. Valour

23, Heat

24. Scatter

25. To give birth

26. Synonym of in

vain

MUDRA HLD MUST1 . .

27. To indicate

superlatives

28. Synonyms of

shame

29. Minister

30. Violation

3 1. Suffering

32. To Give

33. Permission

34. Victory 35. Bow

36. We 37. One

38. Worn out

39. To steal.

40. Related to food.

NS MUST1

+ P 00

AD M U S g BRB MUST1

CoMPARISON OF THE M U D ~ S OF H A S T A L A K S A N A D ~ ~ ~ , NATYASASTRA, ABHIN-4YADARPANA AND B ~ L A ~ M B H A R A T A

NS HAMSAPAKSA

1. Offering oblations to

the manes

2. Supporting the cheek

3. Receiving of gifts by

the Brahmins

4. Sipping water in

ceremonies and eating

food

5.Toshowembracing

6. A tree

7 . A pillar

8. Horripilation

9. Touching

10. Anointing

MUDRA

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AD A) HAMSAPAKSA B) MRGASIRSA

A) 1. The number six

2. Construction of

bridges

3. Putting nail marks

4. Covering of sheath

B) 1. Women

2. Cheek

3. A wheel

4.Limit

5. Fear

6. Quarrel

7. Costume or dress

8. Calling

- HLD KARTAR~MUKHA

1. Sin 2. Weariness

3. Brahmin 4. Fame

5. The forehead of an

elephant

6. House

7.To obswveausterities

8. Purityholiness

9. Bank 10. Dynasty

11. Hunger

12. To hear

13. To say

1 4. Pregnancy

15. Symbol of

summing up

BRB M R G A ~ ~ R S A

1. Deer

2. A dear female friend

3. Dispute

4.Quarrel

5. Talking about the rasa

and guna of NCpa

6. Putting a tripucdraka

7. To wipe out sweat on

the forehead

8. To talk in soft voice

9. To call a person from a

distance

10. Dwarf

11. To look at the Sun.

MUDM HLD KARTAR~MUKHA

17. You (equal or one

above)

18. Word

19. Difference in

time

20 Plural 2 1. We

22. Human being

23. Face

24. Verbal or physical

expression

amounting to

hatred .

25.Child

26. Mangoose .

NS HAMSAPAKSA

1 1. Massaging

12. Playful touches

between the

breasts of the ladies

AD A) HAMSAPAKSA B) MRGAS~RSA

9. Tripundraka made on

the forehead

10 A deer's head

11. A lute

12. Massage of the feet

13. Getting of one's all

14. The female organ

15. Holding an umbrella

16. Going

1 7. Calling the beloved

BRB M R G A ~ ~ R S A

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1. Censure by snapping

aloud

2. Beating time

3. Instilling belief.

4. Showing quickness

5.Toslowthefractions

of time like

1) KalC

2 ) Kcisthir

3) Nimesa and

4 ) K s a ~ a

6. The taking of children

7. In extending invitation.

HLD SUKATUN~A

1. Agle-hook

2. Bird

AD TAMRACUDA

1. To denote a cock

2. A crane

3. A cow

4. A camel

5. A calf

6.Apen.

BRB A) TAMRACODA B) PRALAMBA

A) 1. The face of a

peacock

2. A sparrow

3. A cock

4. Victory 5.Wonder

6. Playful gait in N a ~ a

7 . Music

8. Laya

9. Abhinaya

10. Calling a female

friend by a sign in

Natya

1 1. Calling a person of

equal age.

COMPARISON OF THE MLIDHS OF HASTALAK$ANAD~PIK.& NATYASASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AM) B ~ A ~ M B H A R A T A

BRB

No equivalent

AD

No equivalent

NS

No equivalent

M U D R A HLD KAPITTHA

1. Net

2. Doubt

3. The tail of a

peacock

4. To drink

5. To touch

6. To fold (To retreat)

7. Outside

8. Back

9. To ascend

10. To put foot step

COMPARISON OF THE MUDMS OF HASTALAKSANAD~PIK& N ~ A S A S T R A , ABHINAYADARPANA AND R A L A R A M K I - ~ A I ~ A ~ I ; ~

URB

N o equivalent

AD

No equivalent

NS

No equivalent

M U D R A HLD KAPITTHA

1 , Net

2. Doubt

3. The tail of a

peacock

4. To drink

5. To touch

6. To fold (To retreat)

7. Outside

8. Back

9. To ascend

10. To put foot step

COMPARISON OF THE M U M S OF HASTALAQANADPIKA, NATYASASTRA, ABHIN4YADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

M U D R A NS ARDHACANDRA

1. Small plants

2. Shrubs

3. Crescent moon

4. Conch 5. Jar

6. Bangles

7. Neclang out

8. Exertion

9. Slenderness

10. Fatness

1 1. The girdle

12. Hips 13.Face

14. Leaf-like ornament

(made by ivory etc.)

15. Ear ornaments of

women

HLD HAMSAPAKSA

1. The moon.

2. Air

3. God of love

similar to Cupid

4. Dwellers of the

heaven

5. Mountain

6. Valley

7. Always

8. Relatives

9. Mattress

10. Stone

1 1. Comfort

12.The chest

1 3. The breast

AD ARDHACANDRA

1. The phase of the moon

on the eight day of the

dark fortnight

2. A hand seizing the

throat

3. A spear

4. Consecrating an image

5. A dining plate

6. Origin 7. Waist

8. Musing one's ownself

9. Meditation

10. Prayers

1 1. Touching limbs

12. Greeting by the

common people.

BRB ARDHACANDRA

1. White colour

2. Stop

3. Amour with Svastika

hasta

4. Elephant's ears

5. ~ i r ~ d ; v a

6. Nail mark

7. Measuring four

arigulus

8. Pleasant beating with

hands

9. To show the shape of

bow

10. To hear about the sins

AD ARDHACANDRA NS ARDHACANDRA MUDRA BRB ARDHACANDRA

-

HLD HAMSAPAKSA

30. To protect

3 1. To send

32. Club (mace)

33. Cheek

34. Shoulder

35. Hair

36. Humble

37. Blessing

38. Sage

39. 'Like this'/ as

mentioned

40. Fish

41. To Worship

42. Tortoise

BRB KARTAR~MUKHA

1. Trjiambaka (Lord siva)

2. A deer

3. Crooked eye

4. Horns of a deer

5. Falling

6. Weapons of a thief

7. The form of an

extended matted hair

8. Madaniigcira

9. Kparitarati

10.Longeye l l .Two

12. Two thousand

13. Two lakhs

14.The side of the ear

15. A river

AD

No equivalent

NS

No equivalent

MUDRA HLD SIKHARA

1 . To walk

2. Legs (particularly

feet)

3. Eyes

4. To see

5. Path

6. To search

7. Ears

8. To drink.

COMPARISON OF THE M U D ~ S OF HASTALAKSANADPM, . . N A W A S T R A , ABHINAYADARPNA AND BALARAMBHARATA

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BRB KARTARTMUKHA

16. Water fall 17. A tree

18. An ocean

19. A bamboo tree

20. A forest

21. Separation of a

couple

22. Transposition of

places

23. Hand

24. To cut cloth, hair etc.

25. Stream

26. Flute

27. To violate word

28. Waist of women.

AD NS M U D R A HLD SIKHARA

COMPARISON OF THE MUDMS OF HASTALAKSANAD~IK& NATYASASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

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BRB NIR~KSANA

1. The seven worlds

above and below

2. Saptamtitr

3. Jatri (braided hair) of

Bhadrakali

4. Both the shoulders of a

cowherd

5 . Taking a stick

6. Looking in to a Chinese

mirror.

AD BHRAMARA

1. Bee

2. Parrot

3. Wing

4. Cane

5. Cuckoo and similar

birds.

NS HAMSASYA

1. Smoothness

2. Smallness

3. Laxity

4. Slenderness

5. Insignificance

6. Tenderness.

M U D R A HLD HAMSASYA

1. Glance

2. Softness

3. Dust

4. White

5. Blue

6. Red

7. Mercylpityl

Compassion

8. Group of hair (as a

line) 9. Beginning

of rain

10 Hair

1 1. Line

12. The three folds of

the abdomen.

COMPARISON OF THE MuLI&~s OF HASTALAK~ANAD~IKA, NATYAS~TRA, ABHINAYADARPANA A M ) BALARAMBHARATA

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AD PADMAKO~A

1. Fruits such as be1 and

elephant-apple

2. The breasts of women

3. A circular movement

4. Ball

5. Cooking pot

6. Taking meals

7. A flower bud

8. Mango

9. Scattering flowers

10. Cluster of flowers

1 1. Japa flowers 12. Bell

13. An ant-hill

14. A lotus

15. An egg

NS PADMAK~SA

I . Fruits of Bilva

2. Wood-apple

3. The breasts of women

4. Obtaining flesh

5. Showing the

worship of a deity

6. Offerings to manes

7. Carrying of casket

8. Offering oblations of

rice balls

9. Arrangement of

flowers

10. Blooming lotus

1 1. Lily

M U D R A HLD AR JALI

1. Heavy rain

2. Vomiting

3. Fire 4. Horse

5. Harsh noise

6. Light 7 . Hair

8. Ear-ring

9. Heat

10. Anxiety

11. Always

12. River

13. Bath

14. Flow

15. Blood

16. Branch

17. Anger

BRB PADMAKOSA

1. A round vessel

2. Full-blown lotus

3. A large mango

4. A Kapiila (Cup)

5. A Pot. 6. Full moon.

7. Removing a stone

8. Shape of flames of a

lamp

9. ~ h j a n a in a vessel

10. Shape of ghanda -

(bell)

1 1. Bunch of flowers

12. Egg.

1 3. A round lake.

14. A fort Y

NS PADMAK~SA AD PADMAKOSA M U D R A BRB P A D M A K ~ ~ A

15. A city

16. Scattered flowers

17. Musk

18. Kurikum

19. Shape of breast

20. Citron fruit

21. Kawika'ra flower

22. Crowd.

HLD A ~ ~ J A L I

MUDRA NS ARDHACANDRA

1. Small plants and

shrubs

2. Crescent moon

3. Conch 4. Jar

5.Bangles

6. Necking out

7. Exertion

8. Slenderness of waist

9. Fatness

10. The girdle 11. Hips

12. Face

1 3. Leaf-like ornament

(made of ivory etc.)

14. Ear ornaments of

women.

HLD ARDHACANDRA

I . If so 2. For what

3. Distress

4. Sky

5. Highly virtuous

6.Divineluckand

similar positive

subjects

7 . Memory Iremem

brance

8. Grass

9. Hair of men

10. To set out

1 I. Smile

12. Contempt

13. 'What' L

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AD CANDRAKALA

1. The moon

2. The face

3. The span of thumb and

the forefinger

4. Objects of that shape

5. The crown of Lord

Siva

6. The Ganges

7. A cudgel

BRB BALACANDRA

I . The measure of the

span

2. Gandiva

3. The young moon

4. Elephant tusk

5. Pale of plough

6. Fan

7. Rotating

8. Hiisya

9. Wonder

10.To show one as cheat.

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NS BHRAMARA

1. The pluclung of

flowers with long

stems like lotus, blue

lotus and water lily.

2. To show the decoration

of the ear.

HLD MUKURA

1. A large canine

tooth

2. Separation

3. The ankle

4. The hip

5. The Veda

6. Brother

7. Pillar

8. Mortd2.

9. A fast one

32A h u g e wooden

material or stone

used as mortar to drill

grains.

AD KARTAR~MUKHA

1. The separation of a

man and a woman

2. Overturning or

opposition

3. Plundering

4. A comer of an eye

5. Death

6. Estrangement

7. Lightning

8. Sleeping alone

9. Separation

10 Falling

11. Weeping .

BRB BHRAMARA

1. The face of a lion

2. An elephant

3 . Fish

4. Flower of a Sdmyaka

tree

5. Light

6. Fall of a bird

7. Bunch of mangoes

flowers

8. Full-blown flowers

9. The abode of Lord Siva

10. To look at the horrible

face of cruel demons

11 Karnikiira flower

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BRB A ~ L A

1. The form of the flame

of a light

2. Showing citraprakiiSa

3. Earthquake

4. Nail-mark

5. Swan

6. Peacock.

7. Acamana

8. To drink nectar

9. Sound of storm

10. Wiping out sweat

from the forehead

AD A M L A

1. Drinking poison,

nectar etc.

2. Violent wind (or

loud noise)

NS ARALA (Approximately)

1 . Firmness

2. Arrogance

3. Courage

4. Luster

5 Bravery

6- Divine objects

7. Deep-heartedness

8. Blessing and other

favorable emotions

9. Braiding and combing

of the hair of women

10. Scrutinising the

beauty of women limb

by limb

M U D R A HLD BHRAMARA

1. Wing

2. Song

3. Water

4. Umbrella

5.Earsofanelephant

6. Gandharva (semi-

Gods who are

expert singers)

7. To come into

existence

8. Fear

9. To cry.

MUDRA NS ARALA (Approximately)

10. Wearing of the

bracelet

11. Marriage

12. Agreement.

HLD BHRAMARA

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HLD S ~ C ~ M U K H A

I . Divided Broken

2. Jump

3. World

4. Laksmana

5. Fall

6. The other one

7. Month

8. Eye brow

9. Split

1 0 Tail

11. One

1 2. Expression to mean

what happened

which should not

have happened

BRB SOCTHASTA

1. Numerals above

hundred

2. Truth

3. A steady post

4. Numeral 'one'

5. Separation

6. A single object

7. The disc of the sun or

moon

8. Anything round

9. Rotation of a wheel

10. Circular shape

1 1. Wall of a fort

12. A city

13. 'You'

NS SOCTMUKHA (Approximately)

1. Disc

2. Lighting

3. Banner

4. Bunches of flowers

5. Ear ornament

6. All beings with a

crooked movement.

7. Words of appreciation

8. Small serpents

9. Twigs

10. Incenses

1 1 . Torches

1 2. Small creepers

13. Matted locks(tufts)

14.Curve

AD S ~ ~ C ~ M U K H A

1. Number one

2. The Supreme Soul

3. One hundred

4. The Sun

5. A city

6. The world

7. Saying ' like that'

8. 'Which'

9. Sense of solitude

10. Threatening

1 1. Becoming thin

12. A road

13. Body

14. Astonishment

15. Bried of hair

COMPARISON OF THE MUD&@ OF HASTALAVANAD~P&%, NATYASASTRA, ABHINNADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

M U D R A AD SDCIMUKHA

16. An umbrella

17. Capability

18. Hairs

19. Beating drums

20. The potter's wheel

2 1. Circumference of a

wheel

22. Consideration

23. Decline of the day.

BRB SDCIHASTA

14. 'I'

15. Fear

16. Applying collyrium to

the eyes

17. Scream

18. Wonder

19. Insult

20. Arrow

2 1. Umbrella

22. Shape of the eyes

23. Early stage

24. Love

25. To look down

HLD S ~ C ~ M U K H A

1 3. Death/ dead body

14. Anyone/ anything

else

15. Plural

16. Ear

17. Knowledge.

18.Ago 19.He

20. These

21. Country1 People

22. A little

23. Witness

24. To come (as a

Command) -

25. To Go (as a

command)

NS S ~ C ~ M U K H A (Approximately)

15. Circle

16. Multitude

17. Stars

18. Nose

19. Number one

20. Giving blows

21. Sticks k

22.Animals with snouts

or horn.

CoMPANsoN OF THE MUDMS OF H A S T A L A K S A N A D ~ I ~ , NATYA~ASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

M U D R A NS CATURA

1. Policy

2. Restraint

3 .Youth

4. Affliction

5. Fortitude

6. Falsehood

7. Words

8. Property

9. Favourableness

10. Truth

1 1. Composure

12. Dissatisfaction

1 3. Deli beration

14. Composition

1 5. Conjecture

HLD PALLAVA

1. The vajrayudha

2. Peak

3. Ear of cows

4. Length of eyes

5. Buffalo

6. A long wooden

cylindrical weapon

7. Spear

8. Horn of animals

9. Circumambulation

10 Distance

11. Pledge 12. Smoke

13. Tail 14. cane

15.Different types of

grains CI

4 0

AD CATURA

1. Musk

2. A little

3. Gold

4. Copper

5. Iron

6. Wet

7. Sorrow

8. Aesthetic

9. Pleasure

10. The difference of

castes

11. Proof

12. Sweetness

13. Slow gait

14. Breaking into pieces

BRB CATURA

1. A golden plate

2. A virtuous person

3. Relationship

4. Lake

5. Gorocana

6. Musk

7. Kurikum

8. Applying caster oil to

the hair

9. Drawing a picture

10. Friendly conversation

11. Reading a paper or a

letter

1 2. TO offer ~Trcjana to

Gods with a small vessel

COMPARISON OF THE MUDMS OF HASTALAKSANAD~PIKA, NATYA~ASTRA, ABHIN-AYADARPANA AND B&AMMBHARATA

BRB CATURA

1 3. Applying sandal

14. To check softness

25. Leaves

16. Tender leaves

17. Things made up of

silver and copper

18. Begging

AD CATURA

15. Face

16. Oil

17. Ghee

NS CATURA

16. Shame

17. Similarity of eyes

18. Petals of lotus

19. Ears of the deer.

M U D R ~ HLD PALLAVA

COMPARISON OF THE M U M S OF HASTALA~ANAD~'IK& NATYASASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA - -

NS PATAKA

1. Wind

2. Waves

3. Flood

4. In exciting people

excessively

5. A great crowd

6. Something lofty

7. Beating a drum

8. Fanning with stretched

out wings

9. Washing

10. Massaging

11. Rubbing

12. Grinding

13. The lifting up of a

AD PATAKA

1. Clouds

2. Forest

3. Forbidding things

4. Bosom

5. Night

6. River

7. Region of Gods

8. Horse

9. Cutting

10. Wind

11. Lying down

12.Attemptatgoing

13. Prowess

14. Favour

15. Moonlight

MUDRA BRB PATAKA

1. Water flowing

2. Servitude

3. Flame of fire

4. Valour

5. Truth

6. Abhaya

7. Wings of a swan

8. Negation

9. Ignorance

10. Wing of a bird

11 .Banner

12.Heat

13. Waves

14. Existence

15. Phalaka (Wooden

HLD TRIPATAKA

1. Sunset

2. To denote 'etc.'

3. To address / to

accuse a person

4. Drinlung

5. Body

6. To beg.

NS PATAKA

mountain

14. Opening or uprooting

15. To show numerical

values

AD PATAKA

1 6. Strong sunIight

17. Forcing to open

doors

1 8. Meanings of seven

case endings

19. Wave

20. Entering a street

2 1 . Equality

22. Anointing the body

of oneself

23. Taking an oath

24. Silence.

25. Palmyra leaf

26. Shield

27. Touching things

M U D R A HLD TRIPATAKA BRB PATAKA

seat)

1 6. Leaf of Banyan tree

17. Soft bed

1 8. A palmist

1 9. A physician

20. Examiner.

2 1. The sun

22. The moon

23. Stars

24. Cloud

25. Horse

26. Assembly

2 7 . ~ h i j a n a

28. Softness

29. Height Y

4 W

COMPARISON OF THE M U ~ ~ R & OF HASTALAVANADPIKA, N A ~ A S A S T R A , ABHINAYmARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

Y

4 P

NS PATAKA AD PATAKA

28. Benediction

29. The ideal king

30. Saying such and such

a place

31. The sea

32. Suggestion of good

deeds

33 . Addressing a person

34. Going forward

35. Holding a sword

36. Month

37. A year

38. A rainy day

39. Clearing with a

broom.

MULIRA BRB PATAKA

30. kuddharekha (Begin

ning of a dance)

3 1. Hand with arm

32. Beating of drums

33. Anointing sandal

paste

34. A bhivddyu (salutation)

35 .Conversation with

arrogance

36. Seeing a mirror.

37. Blessing

38. Addressing a deity

with mantra

39. Embrace 40.Calling.

4 1 . Saying "stop"

HLD TRIPATAKA

COMPARISON OF THE MUDUS OF HASTALAQANAD~PK&, NATYASASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

BRB PATAKA

42. To show thing on the

earth while cleaning

43. Svcrstika

44. Playful beating of

woman in kummi

dance.

45. Dust. 46. Thought

47. Rope 48. Thread.

49. Desire

50. To look at Garuda.

5 1. To close and open the

door.

52.To measure four

arigulas

53. Anger.

AD PATAKA NS PATAKA MUDRA HLD TRIPATAKA

COMPARlSON OF THE M U D ~ S OF HASTALAKSANAD~PIKA, NATYAS ASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

MUDRA NS

No equivalent

HLD M R G A ~ ~ R S A

1. Deer

2. The Supreme

being

AD SIM-SYA (Approximately)

1. Homa

2. Hare

3. Elephant

4.Wavingkuiagrass

5. Garland of lotus

6. Lion's face

7. Preparations of medi

cines by physicians

8. Rectification

BRB SIMHANANA

1. The face of a lion

2. The kibik~c (palanquin)

3. Maiica (cot)

4.Gift

5. Oblations

6. upav?ta.

7. H6ma

8. Tusk of an elephant

9. To check the softness of

ash (bhasma) dust etc.

10. The eyes which are

long up to ear

1 1. Sacred kuia

COMPARISON OF THE M U D ~ S OF HASTALA@ANAD&IKA, NL&TY&ASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

MUDRA HLD SARPASIRAS -

1. Poison

2. Serpent

3. Hood

AD SARPA~IRAS

1. The middle tone

2. Sprinkling

3. Nourishing

4. Giving water to goods

and sages

5. The movement of the

'kumbhas ' (theslight

protuberances of the

head) of an elephant

6. A nns of wrestlers

7. Sandal paste

8. Snake

NS SARPASIRAS

1. Offerings of water

2. Movement

3. Watering ( of plant)

4. Exchanging blows

( as in a combat)

5. Striking at the fore

head of an elephant.

BRB SARPA~IRAS

1. The blossom of a

plantain tree

2. A Plant

3. The ear of a cow

4. Deer 5. ~ r ~ n t ( a vessel)

6. To congratulate

7. To receive honey, oil,

ghee, milk and sandal

8. To drink water with

hands

9. Boat 10. Ship

11. Chatting

12. Giving grains

1 3. Movement of the

hood of serpent.

COMPARISON OF THE MUD- OF HASTALAKSANAD~PI~, NATYA~ASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

BRB ~ I L ~ M U K H A

I . Conch

2. Step

3. Gait of a crab

4. Kaiicuka.

5 . Drinking

6. Svastika hand in

meditation

7. ~dhval6cana on the

head

8. ~ l i r l in Nii.ty~

9. Crab

10. To look at a Chinese

mirror

Y-'

AD S ~ C ~ M U K H A

No equivalent

NS

No equivalent

M U D R A

' \

\

HLD VARDHAMANAKA

1. Large ear studs of

women

2. Chain of gems

3. The elbow joint/

knee

4. An ascetic

5. A huge drum

6. Mahout

7. Swirling

8. The navel

converging in a

definite direction

generally down

wards

9. Well

COMPARISON OF THE MUlX@i OF H A S T A L A K S ~ A D ~ I K & N~TYA~ASTRA, ABHINAYADARPANA AND BALARAMBHARATA

AD KAPITTHA

1. ~ a k s m y

2. ~ a r s v a s

3. Holding cymbals

4. Milking cows

5. Collyrium

6. Holding flowers at

the time of malung

love.

7. Grasping the end of '

robes.

8. Gathering of cloth

9. Offering incense or

light

NS KAPITTHA

1. Representation of

weapons excluding the -

sword, bow, disc

javelin, spear, club and

trident

2. In showing what is

agreeable

3. What is truthful.

M U D R A BRB KAPITTHA

1. A touch stone

2. A plank

3. Dhupa

4. LIba in worship of

God.

5. ~ i r d j a n a

6. Fanning

7. Dragging a nardca (an

iron arrow)

8. Reciting hymms by

counting r u d ~ i m a k i

and tu,lasimdZt?i

9. To salute Ganapati by

holding one's own ears.

10. Millung a cow

HLD ARALA

1. Ignorant.

2. Tree

3. Cut ends of plant

parts

4. Bud

5. Sprout

-

MULIRA NS URNANABHA

1. In arranging the tresses

surrueptuously

2. Receiving stolen

Property

3. Scratching the head

4.Thediseaseofleprosy

5. Lions

6. Tigers

7. Holding stones

(or a bunch of darbha

blades)

HLDURNANABHA

6.Verylmanylall

AD ALAPADMA

1. Full -blown lotus

2. Elephant apple

3. Circular movement

4. The breasts of women -

5. Separation from the be

loved 6.Lookingglass

7. The full moon

8. Beauty.

9. The hair-knot,

10. A moon-tower (turret)

1 1. A village 12. Height

13. Anger 14. A lake

15. A cakaravhka

16. Murmuring sound

17. Praise.

BRB ORNANABHA

1. Foot of a camel, tiger

etc.

2. Nail mark

3. Serpent with five

hoods

4.Spider

5. Nail-mark

6. Animals having eight

feet.

7. A pitcher

8. Itching

COMPARISON OF THE MUDMS OF HASTALAKSANADIPIKA, NMYA~ASTRA, ABHINAYADARPWA AND BALARAMBHARATA

4

z

NS MUKULA

1. The worship of a gods

2. Giving libations to the

manes

3. Showing the buds of

lotus and blue lotus

4. The kissing of a

lecherous person

5. Contempt ( the fingers

are slowly moved apart)

6. The partaking of food

7. Wearing of golden

bangles

8. Counting the number

five

9. Pounting the lips

AD MUKULA

1. Water-lily

2. Eating

3. The god of love ( with

his five arrows)

4. Holding a singal or

seal.

5. The navel

6. Plantain flower.

M U D R A

C

BRB MUKULA

1. Numeral five

2. Five Purrinas

3. The bud of lotus

4. Face of pig, horse etc.

5. Offering flowers

6. Eating in accordance

with the injuctions of

Smrti

7. Worshpping the God

with flowers.

8. PaZcabhbtas

9. ~afic~karara~a

HLD MUKULA

I . Fox

2. Monkey

3. W~theringldrooping/g p

becoming weak

4. To forget

C

00 P

BRB

No equivalent

AD

No equivalent

NS

No equivalent

M U D R A HLD KATAKAMUKHA

1. Garb

2. Servant

3. Valiant

4. A strong man

(a wrestler)

5 . Releasing the

arrow

6. To tie