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  Hasta Karanas There are 4 Hasta Karanas for wrist movements as mentioned by Bharata Muni in Natyashastra (Chapter 9). These are the basic that needs to be learnt before learning Karanas. I definitely recommend this as a warm up exercise. Abhinayadarpana do not have any Hasta Karna details. It is interesting to look into Hasta Karana as explained in Shivatattavaratnakar Sl No. Name Details 1. Aveshtitarat Folding all the fingers starting with Index ending with little finger 2. Udhvesthita Opening the mushtika from Aveshtita (roll the wrist once) with Index 3. Vyavartita Doing mushtika with each finger (separately) starting with little finger 4. Parivartitaha From Vyavartita roll the wrist once and open Mushti starting with little finger   Natyashastra Slokam Aveshtita ekamcha Udhvesthita tatha param | ...

In Chapter 6 ( Sentiments ) Bharata explains about   Samgraha or the essence ofNatyashastrawhich can be summed up into 11 categories. Each of these has been described thoroughly later. SamgrahaSlokamihas it’s own importance and needs clear understanding. Each of these are explained in details [link given]  Slokam Rasa bhava hyabhinayadharmivrttipravrttayah |                                                                                                        ...