Text Book of Rasa Sastra
author: K. Rama Chandra Reddy
edition: 2010, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Bhawan
pages: 618
ISBN-13: 9788189986414
Topic: Rasashastra
Yantra (31): Ardhacandra (Semicircular) Khalva
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Abhinaya-darpana (English) [by Ananda Coomaraswamy]
— Lion, the Simha-mukha hand, i. e., right hand Simha-mukha, and left hand Pataka applied to the back of the right, the fingers being freely moved; Tiger, the Ardha-candra hand held face downwards; Boar, the Sankirna-makara hand, i. e. in the aforesaid Matsya hand, the right hand is held downwards and shaken, the five fingers being severally held apart, indicating bristles; Monkey, the Adho-mushti-mukula hand is used, i. e. the thumb and second finger of the Mushti hand are joined; Bear, left hand...
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Chaitanya Bhagavata [by Bhumipati Dasa]
prathame vijaya karilena ganga-tire ardha-candra dekhilena shirera upare || 143 || English translation: (143) The Lord s procession first proceeded to the bank of the Ganges, where the half-moon was seen overhead. Commentary: Gaudiya-bhashya by Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura:Another reading for ardha-candra is purna-candra. On the evening of the full moon, the moon is seen on the eastern horizon. It is not seen directly above....
Read full contents: Verse 1.15.143
Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) [by Arthur Avalon]
Above Bindu is Ardha-candra, with the Kalas of the latter—namely, Jyotsna, Jyotsnavati, Kanti, Suprabha, Vimala. Above Ardha-candra is Nibodhika, with the Kalas of the latter—Bandhati, Bodhini, Bodha, Jnanabodha, Tamo paha. Above Nibodhika is Nada and its five Kalas—Indhika, Recika, Urdhvaga, Trasa, and Parama. On the lotus above this last is Ishvara, in extent a hundred million Yojanas, and lustrous as ten thousand moons. He is five-headed, and each head has three eyes....
Read full contents: Summary of the Ajna Cakra (verses 31a-38)
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