लास्य [ lāsya ] [ lāsya ] n. dancing , a dance (esp. accompanied with instrumental music and singing) , a dance representing the emotions of love dramatically (this was at one time a principal part of the drama , and as such accord. to Bharata and the Daśa-rūpa consisted of 10 divisions or Aṅgas , viz. [ geya-pada ] , [ sthita-pāṭhya ] , [ āsīna ] , [ puṣpa-gaṇḍikā ] , [ pracchedaka ] , [ tri-gūḍha ] or [ tri-mūḍhaka ] , [ saindhava ] , [ dvigūḍhaka ] or [ vimūḍhaka ] , [ uttamóttamaka ] , and [ ukta-pratyukta ] ; including also a style of dramatic composition in which there is abrupt transition from Sanskṛit to Prākṛit and from Prākṛit to Sanskṛit ; the term [ lāsya ] is also applied to the Nāch ( Nautch ) dance of the Indian dancing girls , consisting chiefly of gesticulation with a shuffling movement of the feet forwards and backwards , as invented by Pārvati and opposed to the boisterous masculine dance called Tāṇḍava practised by Śiva and his followers ; cf. Lit. IW. 467) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  [ lāsya ] m. a dancer Lit. MārkP.

  N. of a king Lit. VP.

  [ lāsyā ] f. a dancing girl Lit. L.