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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (natya)The Blowing of wind (and raining) is associated with Patāka-hasta: one of the twenty-two Single-hand Gestures (in Indian Dramas) (known as asaṃyuktahastas), 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 word patāka indicates dhvaja in Sanskrit which means flag or banner. According to the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa in patāka-hasta, all the fingers are straightened and thumb is bent. Abhinavagupta comments in the Abhinavabhāratī that this hand posture is looked like a flag and that is why it is named as patāka. The Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa states that the dancer uses the patāka-hasta to obstruct prahāra i.e., strike or beat in a Dance performance. Moreover, to show the blowing of wind and raining, this hand posture is used in Dance. Sometimes eagerness is also denoted with this hand posture.
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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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 60: Saṃkhadhamana-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 189: Sīhacamma-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
Jataka 138: Godha-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Vaisheshika-sutra with Commentary (by Nandalal Sinha)
Sūtra 5.2.13 (Causes of initial action of fire, air, atoms, and mind) < [Chapter 2 - Of Non-volitional Action]
Sūtra 9.2.3 (Inferential Cognition includes Verbal Cognition) < [Chapter 2 - (? Inferential cognition)]
Sūtra 2.1.9 (Touch infers Air) < [Chapter 1 - Of Earth, Waters, Fire, Air, and Ether]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter XXIX - Auspicious and inauspicious dreams
Chapter XXVII - Removal of foreign bodies
Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) (by S. Krishnamurthy)
Wind instruments (Sushira) < [Chapter 4 - Material Culture of the People]
Depcition of Hunting < [Chapter 4 - Material Culture of the People]
Hunters, Wood-cutters and Pastorals < [Chapter 3 - Socio-Religious Life]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 11.113 < [Section XI - Expiation of “Minor Offences”: Cow-killing (goghna)]
Verse 4.102 < [Section XIII - Days unfit for Study]
Verse 4.122 < [Section XIII - Days unfit for Study]