If the thumb and the little finger are held in the front apart from each other, and the other fingers are held close together with tips struck up, it is Siṁhāsya hasta looking like the mouth of a lion.
The face of a lion, a lion, a tiger, the face of a tiger, a morsel of rice, etc. etc., to be presented to a child’s mouth,
the face of a bear, a bear, a dog a dog's muzzle, an alligator, the fearful—in these is Sirnhasya hasta to be applied.
If Simhasya is brought to front of the face,
the experts in nrtyaviclya would call it the face of a lion.
If the right Simhasya is pushed forward,
it means a lion. It speaks of a tiger. It stands also for the face of a tiger.
If the right Simhasya is raised high on the left,
it indicates a mouthful of rice, etc., with which a child is to be fed.
If the left Simhasya is exhibited at the front and given the proper characteristics
it would indicate the face of a bear, or a bear itself, or a dog, or the face of a dog.
If the right Simhasya is carried to the left,
it stands for an alligator or represents the terrible.
When the little finger touches the root of the thumb turned down and the three fingers in the middle are joined, it is known as simhasya.
This is used to denote the face of a lion or in mixing ground objects.