Odissi short definations
Hasta - Mudra:
Hand gestures. Used to show different objects. Dance Vocabulary shown through hand gestures.
Pataka - Stop, Blessing, Flag, Me, Water, Passage of the day, beginning/end of something, Mirror
Tripataka - Foliage, Bindi, Peacock feather, Crown.
Ardhapataka - Sword, tendril, creeper, plait
Arala - wind, poison
Chandrakala - Moon, see, speech, bangles, trunk
Chatura - Face, Walking, People, Brains
Mayura - Jewellery, Peacock, U-pin
Suchi - Needle, Bindi, Pointer, Instruct, Passage of the day, Grass coming out.
Vaana - Bow, Horns
Mrigashirsha - Deer, Veena
Ardhachandra - Half-moon, Devi Durga
Kartarimukha - Eyes, Leaves falling, Death, Cut/Stocked, Seized
KatakaMukha - Heart, Face, Garland, Dress(Sari), third-eye
Vastra - Clothes
Trishul = trident
Shakata - Demon
Anjali - Offering
Tribhangi - three bends(neck, torso, knee) One of the main poses in Odissi
Mangalacharan - Invocation, Bhoomi pranam, Shloka, Trikhandi pranam
Bhramari - (Turn/Spin) Chakra, Chauka Ekapada, Biparita, Garuda
Asamyukta/Samyukta Hasta Mudras
Abhinaya - The art of Expression. Story, Emotion meaning, Feelings using hadgestures, eye movements, face, head movements. non verbal communication
Tihayi - End/Start of a section, set of same bols repeating 3 times
Som - First beat of your taal indicated with a clap
Matra - Each beat of the taal
Abartan - One Som to another Som. One cycle of the taal
Laya - Speedin which a taal/dance is delivered. Drut, Vilambit, Madhyama
Pada Bheda - Foor osition or posture of foot
Drishti Bheda - Movement of eye, POsition of eye
Griba Bheda - Movement or posturing of neck
Pallavi - Flowering, Nritta, Starts slow ends fast, Blossoming introcate melodic pattern, Elaborating the same refrain with eyes, neck and feet movements
Batu - Shringar, 4 instruments, dedicated to Lord Shiva, Nritta, Speed, Technique, Sculpturesque poses