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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.282

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.282

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.282)

dṛṣṭer vikāro nāmauṣṭha-kapola-spandanādayaḥ ||

> distortion of the gaze, twitching of the nose, lip, cheek, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.282.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.282.p1)

bhāṣā-vikāro bhāṣaṇāsambaddhatvādiḥ | ākṛti-vikṛtir ativāmana-danturatvādiḥ | veṣa-vikāro viruddhālaṅkāra-kalpanā | kriyā-vikāro vikaṭa-gatitvādiḥ | eṣām udāharaṇāni kaiśikyāṃ śuddha-hāsyaje narmaṇi nirūpitāni draṣṭavyāni |

> Distortion of speech is incoherence of speech and the like. Distortion of appearance is extreme dwarfism, protruding teeth, and the like. Distortion of dress is the arrangement of incongruous ornaments. Distortion of action is an awkward gait and the like. Examples of these should be seen as expounded in the Kaiśikī style in relation to jesting born of pure comic sentiment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.282) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.4.124) — Sanskrit

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