South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.151

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c8.151

The text of Bharata is as follows :—"*Patāke-tu-jaḍa-bakranāmika-twangulir-bhabet-tripatāka-sa-bigneyā-karma chāsya-nibodhata-ābāhanamabataram bisarjanam-dharanam-prabesascha*" (sloka 16-17, ch. 9). One of the functions or uses of the *tripatāka* hand is *dharanam* or to carry any object, the other suggestions being 'invitation,' 'throwing down' and 'entrance.'

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Nāṭyaśāstra — Bharata, Sanskrit