Bharata Natyam
Elizabeth Kelly
Bhramara
Asaṃyuta Hasta - Single Hand Gestures
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The tips of the thumb and the middle finger are touching, the second finger bent and the other two raised.
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This is used to show picking of flowers, taking out thorns, etc.
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The middle finger and the thumb cross each other, the index finger is bent and the other two fingers are separated and raised. This is in the Bhramara hand.
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By means of this hand the artiste indicates the plucking of flowers with long stems viz lotus waterlily etc. and the adornment of the ear is also indicated.
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The Bhramara hand is allowed to fall down with a thud
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to indicate scolding, arrogance, rapidity, beating the Tala and instilling confidence and comfort in some one.
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Bhramara (bee)—the middle finger and the thumb crossing each other, the forefinger bent, the remaining two fingers separated and raised.
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It is used to indicate the plucking of flowers with long stems such as lotus blue, and white water-lily, and earring.
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It should fall down with a sound to represent rebuke, pride of power, quickness, beating time and producing confidence.
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When the middle finger and thumb are in Samdamsa position (i.e. compressed so as to form pincers) and the fore-finger is curved and he remaining fingers are separated and raised, the hand is Brahma.
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This pose should be done in holding the lotus etc. and also to show ear-rings
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If the forefinger is bent at the middle, it is Bhramarahasta.
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There are five samyutahastas …
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Samyutahastas are - wing, song, water, umbrella and ears of an elephant.
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…and four asamyutahastas
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Gandharva (demi Gods who are expert singers), to come into being, fear, to cry - these are the asamyutahustas.
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Bhramara (bee): the second finger and thumb touching, the forefinger bent, the rest extended.
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bee, parrot, crane (sarasa), cuckoo (kokild), union (yoga).
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According to another book: the forefinger of the Hamsasya hand is bent. It originates from Kasyapa when he was making earrings for the mother of the Devas. Its sage is Kapila, its colour dark, its race Khacara, its patron deity the King of Flying Creatures (Garuda).
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union (yoga), vow of silence, horn, tusk of an elephant, picking flowers with long stalks, bee, utter¬ing the karna-mantra, taking out a thorn, untying the girdle, adverbs of two letters, flying creatures, dark colour.
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Bhramara (bee). When the thumb and the middle finger touch each other and the fore-finger is curved and the remaining fingers are outstretched, the hand is called Bhramara.
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It is used to denote a bee, a parrot, a wing, a crane, a cuckoo, and similar birds.
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When the middle finger and the thumb meet each other, the forefinger is bent and the ring finger and the little finger are stretched, it becomes Bhramara hasta.
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Bhramara hasta is used to denote the following: bee, parrot, yoga-abhyasa (union - AKS), crane, and kökila etc.
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When the forefinger of the Hamsasya hasta is bent, it becomes Bhramara (=bee) hasta.
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Bhramara hasta is used to denote the following: yogabhyasa or union, vow of silence, horn, tusk of an elephant, picking flowers with long stalks, bee, delivering a secret into the ear, taking out a thorn, untying the girdle, adverbs of two letters, flying creatures, mécaka colour.
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Bhramara: The ring finger and the little finger of the Mukula Hasta are extended and the forefinger is raised and curved.
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This Hasta is used to depict holding flowers with long stalks, earrings, palm leaves and removing thorns.
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Bhramara: If the middle finger and thumb is joined together in the arāla hasta, it is bhramara hasta.
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It is applied to show the ear studs, holding a lotus flower and artistical works etc.
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The ends of the thumb and middle finger are touched, the forefinger bent slightly and other two fingers separated and left free in bhramara hasta.
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A lotus with a long stalk, water lily, holding white and blue lilies, women beautifying themselves with the mark on the forehead etc, wearing earrings, can be depicted through the usage of this hasta.
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If the middle finger and the thumb are brought together, and the three other fingers are kept high, but apart from each other, it looks a black-bee and is called Bhramara hasta.
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Sport, an earring, listening to the music of black-bees, a large ear-ring, a black-bee, the plucking of flowers,
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a crocodile, a rhinoceros,
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the plucking of long-stalked flowers like the lotus, the Boar incarnation of Visnu— in these Bharmara bast a is prescribed by me.
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If the right Bhramara is moved at the front,
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it indicates sport.
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If Bhramara is brought near the ear sportfully,
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it means an ear-ring; it means the humming of black-bees; it may also mean a large ear-ring.
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If Bhramara is moved at the front with grace and tremblingly,
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it is a black-bee.
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If the middle finger and the thumb of Bhramara are brought together and are raised high,
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it indicates the plucking of flowers.
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If Bhramara is brought near the mouth,
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it stands for a crocodile, or a rhinoceros.
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If Bhramara, facing down, is raised high,
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it suggests the pulling up of a hot thing.
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If the two Bhramaras are taken close together and moved repeatedly at the front,
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it is taken by scholars to mean all the subjects from ‘Ananta’ to ‘a horned animal’.
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If Bhramara, facing down, is raised with the extension of the middle finger and the thumb,
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it is applicable to the plucking of long-stalked flowers like the lotus.
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If Bhramara is placed on the head and is shaken along with the head repeatedly,
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it means the Boar incarnation of Visnu.
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[In] bhramara the little finger and ring finger of tamracuda are separated..
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When the forefinger is bent touching the middle of the thumb with its tip to form a bow and the little and the ring-fingers are extended and separated it is known as the bhramara hand.
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This is used in receiving flowers with long stalks, in indicating earrings made of palm-leaves and in plucking thorns etc.
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Number eight is denoted by bhramara
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