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Kadamba

Asaṃyuta Hasta - Single Hand Gestures

Descriptions and Meanings

1350 CE - 1550 CE
Śrihastamuktāvali (HM) - Maheswar Neog
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:58

If in the Padmakosa hasta the hand is further closed, it becomes knownas Kadamba hasta, which brings pleasure to the heart.

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:675:

The remnant, sweat, thirst, a small pitcher, the top of a house, eating, the breasts, vapour coming out of the mouth, a bodice, candied sugar, etc.,


:676:

a cake, molasses, sweetness, the good, a tiger, the summer season, a lion, a pillow, a flower, a black-bee, a star, a friend,


:677:

a thing closed up, a Kadamba flower, food, a snail, a fruit—in these is Kadamba hasta suggested. Detailed Description of the Subjects of Kadamba Hasta


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:678

When Kadamba is held near a thing,

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:678:

it means its last remnants.


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:678

When Kadamba is held near the body,

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it indicates its sweat.


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:678

If Kadamba is brought near the mouth,

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it indicates thirst.


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:679

If Kadamba is exhibited at the front,

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it means a small pot.


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:679

If Kadamba is placed extremely high,

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it would mean a house top.


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:679

If Kadamba is raised from below to near the mouth,

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it would show eating.


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:680

If Kadamba is placed on the heart,

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:680:

it would suggest the breasts.


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:680

Kadamba, placed on the mouth a little shaking,

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:680:

speaks of the subjects from ‘vapour’ to ‘sweetness’.


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:681

If Kadamba is raised facing up,

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:681:

it suggests the auspicious.


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:681

If Kadamba is thrust obliquely with the show of a little anger,

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:681:

it is a tiger.


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:681

If Kadamba is extended to the front,

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:681:

it indicates the summer season.


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:682

By the left Kadamba

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:682:

a lion can be demonstrated.


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:682

If the right Kadamba is placed behind the head,

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:682:

it signifies a pillow.


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:682

If Kadamba, facing up, is pushed forward,

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:682:

it is a flower that is meant.


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:683

If Kadamba, facing up,

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is revolved in a fickle way, it speaks of a bumble-bee.


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:683

If Kadamba is raised very high up,

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it suggests a star.


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:684

The left Kadamba, rising from the buttocks to the sides of the body,

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:684:

stands for a friend.


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:684

If Kadamba is shown at the front,

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:684:

it means a closed down object. It also means a Kadamba flower.


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:684

If the fingers of Kadamba are opened up a little

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:684:

it means cooked rice.


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:684

If Kadamba is swung at the front,

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it indicates a curry.


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The right Kadamba

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is employed in reproducing a snail or a fruit—in the case of different fruits the hasta taking suitable forms as may be called for.


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1600 CE - 1650 CE
Saṅgītanārāyaṇa (SN) - Mandakranta Bose
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3:431

When the fingers are joined to form a round, it is known as kadamba

Meaning:
3:431:

which is used to indicate tasting.


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