Asamyuktahasta, Asaṃyuktahasta, Asamyukta-hasta: 1 definition

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

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Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)

Asaṃyuktahasta (असंयुक्तहस्त) or simply Asaṃyukta refers to one of the three types of “hand gestures” (Hasta) (in Indian Dramas), according to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, an ancient Sanskrit text which (being encyclopedic in nature) deals with a variety of cultural topics such as arts, architecture, music, grammar and astronomy.—The hasta-mudrās are very essential to denote some particular action or state in dancing and these mudrās are formed with the help of hands and fingers. The term Asaṃyukta denotes that which is not connected. Asaṃyuktahastas are the dancing postures made only by single hand. It may be called as single hand gesture.

In the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, twenty two kinds of asaṃyuktahastas are mentioned. These are

  1. patāka,
  2. tripatāka,
  3. kartarīmukha,
  4. ardhacandra,
  5. arāla,
  6. śukatuṇḍa,
  7. muṣṭi,
  8. śīkhara,
  9. kapittha,
  10. khaṭakāmukha,
  11. sūcyāsya,
  12. padmakośa,
  13. ahiśīrṣa,
  14. mṛgaśīrṣa,
  15. kāngūla,
  16. kolapadma,
  17. catura,
  18. bhramara,
  19. hamsāsya,
  20. haṃsapakṣa,
  21. sandamśa and
  22. mukula.
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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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