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7) Our nine emotions / NAVARAS

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1) Sringaram Meaning - love and beauty 🥰😍😊☺️ Presiding deity - Vishnu Colour - Green                     It is one of the nine rasas, usually translated as erotic love, romantic love, or as attraction or beauty. Rasa means "flavour", and the theory of rasa is the primary concept behind classical Indian arts including theatre, music, dance, poetry, and sculpture. Much of the content of traditional Indian arts revolves around the relationship between a man and a woman. The primary emotion thus generated is Sringara. The romantic relationship between lover and beloved is a metaphor for the relationship between the individual and the divine. 2) Hasyam - Meaning -  Humorous / laughter 😁😂😄😃😀 Presiding deity - Pramatha Colour - White              Hasyam the rasa used to express joy or mirth. Pure Hasya is real happiness, a joy that comes from within. This rasa is used to depict simple happiness o...

6) What is Mudra?

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                       " मुदम आनंदम रती ददाती"                    (Mudam anandam rati dadati) That means  "what gives happiness".   In Indian classical dance there are two types of MUDRAS , a) one hand gestures or  ASAMYUKTA MUDRA  ,    b) double hand gestures or  SAMYUKTA MUDRA  . Mudra should be meaningful or simply aesthetic. They also accompany a wider bodily expression that will give full meaning to the dance. In Bharatnatyam ASAMYUKTA Mudras 28 in number , SAMYUKTA mudras are 23 in number , according to ABHINAYA DARPANA .  A)   ASAMYUKTA Mudras ---  " पताकास्ट्रीपताकोरद्धापताका कर्तरीमुख। मयुरक्खोर्द्धाचंद्रश्च अराल शुकोतुखनदक।। मुस्टिष्चा शिखराख्यश्चा कपित्थ कताजमुख। सूची चन्द्रकला पदमकोश सरपशिरस्ताथा।। मृगशीर्ष सिंघामुख कंगुलासचलादमका । चतुर भ्रमार्शचैबा हनमसास्या हंसापक्षक।। संदांगशो मुकुलोष्चैब तम्रचुराष्...