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Caturmukha

Asaṃyuta Hasta - Single Hand Gestures

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Elizabeth Kelly

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1500 CE - 1600 CE
Nartananirnaya of Sri Pandrika Vitthala Vol. 3 (NN) - R. Sathyanarayana

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Research
Elizabeth Kelly

Research
Elizabeth Kelly

Description:
7:87

When the thumb rests at the root of the forefinger in pancasya, it is caturmukha.

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Based upon:
When all the fingers, together with thumb are separated and extended (from sarpaṡīrsha), it is pañcānana.

When all the fingers, together with thumb are separated and extended (from sarpaṡīrsha), it is pañcānana.

Pañcānana - 7:86
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Nikuñca
If the little finger and thumb of caturmukha are joined it is trimukha.

If the little finger and thumb of caturmukha are joined it is trimukha.

Trišūla (Trimukha)

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