Bharata Natyam
Elizabeth Kelly
Karkaṭa
Saṃyuta Hasta - Double Hand Gestures
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Interlocked fingers resembling Karkaṭa (crab) constitute this hand.
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Bee’s wax, massaging of the limbs, yawning soon after getting Up from sleep, a huge body, supporting the chin and holding a conch shall in order to blow on it-all these are indicated by this hand.
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Karkaṭa (crab)—When the fingers of the hands are interlocked the Karkaṭa hand is produced.
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It is used to indicate the bees-wax, massaging of the limbs, yawning just after awakening from sleep, a big body, supporting the chin and holding a conch-shell [for blowing it].
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When fingers of one hand pass between the fingers of the other, the pose of the hands should be known as Karkaṭa.
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It should be done while yawning.
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Karkaṭa (crab): the fingers of the hands are interlocked, and the hands turned inwards or outwards.
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group, stoutness, blowing the conch, stretching the limbs, bending the bough of a tree.
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According to another book: in the Urnanabha hand, the fingers of one hand are introduced into the interspaces of those of the other hand. Its patron deity is Vishnu.
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lamentation, yawning, breathing hard, crab, blowing the conch, cracking the fingers by women.
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1:178-179
1:178-179
Karkaṭa. When the fingers of one hand are run through the opening between fingers of the other, and the fingers remain either inside (towards the palm) or outside (on the back of the hand) the band is called Karkaṭa.
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It is used to denote the coming of a multitude, showing the belly, filling the conch-shell with wind, twisting or stretch¬ing of limbs and pulling a branch down.
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8:462-463
8:462-463
When the fingers of both the hands are interlocked and the fingers are turned inwards (towards palms) or outwards, it becomes Karkaṭa hasta (karkaṭa = crab).
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Karkaṭa hasta is used to denote the following: arrival of a group, seeing or showing a group, seeing or showing stoutness, stomach, blowing the conch, stretching or cracking the limbs, and bending the bough of a tree.
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If the fingers of one Urnanabha hasta are introduced into the interspaces of those of the other Urnanabha hasta, it becomes Karkaṭa hasta. Its patron deity is Adideva Vishnu.
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Karkaṭa hasta is used to denote the following: lamentation, yawning, striking, breathing hard, crab, blowing the conch, and cracking the fingers by women.
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4:1215-1217
4:1215-1217
Karkaṭa: The fingers are interlocked either within the palm or without.
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The Hasta when done with the fingers inside is used to depict anxiety. When done with fingers outside, it is used to depict yawning after awakening, blowing instruments like the conch and surprise.
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7:68
7:68
Karkaṭa: When fingers of both hands of padmakośa formation are interlocked, it is karkata.
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It shows the message of limbs and holding the śankha (shell).
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2:177
2:177
The fingers of one hand are placed in the gaps of those of the other so that they are seen from the other side. This is karkaṭa.
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It is used in yawning, holding the jaw, a stout body, holding the conch, stretching the body with laziness.
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If the fingers of the left-hand dovetail amidst the fingers of the right hand, then the hand, looking like a house built of creepers, becomes Karkata hasta.
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A conch-shell, a creeper house, the blowing of a conch, etc., a masonary building, a house for trysting, massage of the body,
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the pain of passion, yawning after waking up from sleep, a pillow, Kamadeva, the pale yellow colour, ascertainment,
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the end of sleep, sorrow, a plump body, a crab, thoughts on the impossible—in these is Karkata applicable.
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If the index finger of one hand of Karkata is placed on the index finger of the other hand, and if the thumb of one hand of Karkata is placed on the thumb of the other hand,
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it gives the picture of a conch.
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If Karkata is raised a little and is swung a little,
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it indicates a house made of creepers.
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If Karkata touches the mouth,
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it means blowing a conch-shell, etc.
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If Karkata is raised up very high,
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it means a very big building. It means a trysting house.
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If Karkata is swung constantly on the sides,
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it means massage of the body.
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If the limbs are contracted and straightened very much,
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Karkata would indicate the pain of passion.
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If Karkata is held near the mouth and the eyes are opened,
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it means a person yawning after the rise from sleep.
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If Karkata is held at the front,
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it means a pillow. It speaks of Kamadeva.
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If Karkata is held near the cheek,
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it denotes a pale yellow colour.
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If Karkata is lowered,
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it means the ascertainment of a thing.
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If Karkata is held near the eyes,
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it means waking up from sleep.
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If Karkata covers the two eyes,
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it indicates sorrow.
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If Karkata is moved at the front,
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it denotes a corpulent body.
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If Karkata is moved obliquely forward with the fingers hanging loose,
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it means a crab.
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If the two elbows touch the two knees, Karkata touches the nose, and the eyes look asquint,
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it is thoughts of strange things.
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7:103
7:103
Wherein in añjali the roots, tips and sides are mutually joined in between each other (and the tips of thumbs touch each other) it is karkaṭa.
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3:439
That hand [gesture] is known as karkata when the fingers of both hands are interlaced inwards and outwards.
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The fingers are extended and placed in front of the belly to indicate a pot-belly. With the palm facing outwards and the fingers pointing slightly inwards, the hands are held up or at the sides or to the front to indicate breaking free from love. In yawning and stretching after getting up from sleep and in fatigue the chin should rest on the fingers that are stretched out.
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