Bharata Natyam
Elizabeth Kelly
Kaṭakavardhana
Saṃyuta Hasta - Double Hand Gestures
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Kaṭakā Vardhanianaka. This is the combination of two Kaṭakāmukha hands i.e. one is placed on another at the wrist.
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This is employed to represent movements concerning wooing a lady or in bowing down to a venerable person.
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Kaṭakāvardhamānaka—When one Kaṭakā (mukha) hand is placed on [the wrist of] another Kaṭakā [mukha] hand, the Kaṭakāvardhamānaka hand will be produced.
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It is to be used in movements connected with love-making and in bowing [to a person].
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When one Khaṭaka (half-closed) hand is placed upon another, the combination of hands is Khaṭakavardhamanaka.
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It should be done for love-making and bowing.
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Kaṭaka-vardhana (link of increase): Kaṭaka-mukha hands with crossed wrists.
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coronation, ritual (puja), marriage blessing.
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According to another book: Kaṭaka hands are crossed. The patron deity is Yaksa-raja.
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deliberation (vicara), the erotic flavour (Srngara rasa), pacification, (the dances known as) Jakkini natana and Danda lasya, certainty.
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1:187
1:187
Kaṭakavardhana. When a Svastika is made by placing two Kaṭakāmukha hands at their wrist, it is called Kaṭakavardhana.
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8:478
When two Katakamukha hastas are crossed at the wrists, it becomes Kaṭakavardhana hasta,
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Kaṭakavardhana hasta is used to denote the following: coronation, ritual or worship, blessing at the time of marriage, and marriage etc.
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When two Katakamukha hastas are crossed (at the wrists), it becomes Kaṭakavardhana hasta.
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This hasta is used to denote the following: deliberation, Srngara rasa, pacifying the angry, certainty or taking a decision, Jakkini natana and Danda lasya.
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4:1219-1221
Khaṭakāvardhamānakah The hands which are in Khatakamukha Hasta are kept close and face each other.
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This Hasta is used to depict decorating the stage, making garlands and speaking the truth,
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Kaṭaka vardhamāna: when the kaṭaka formation is put upon the kaṭakahasta it is kaṭaka vardhamāna.
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It is applied to show the holding of weapons, spear, etc. and the playing of kahala (a large drum).
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2:173
If the kaṭakāmukha hastas are placed one over the other, crossed at the wrists, it is kaṭakāvardhamāna. A few scholars opined that the hands must be held facing each other.
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This is used in acceptance of areca nut and leaf, and other erotic acts and in bowing at the piqued heroine’s feet.
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When one Khatakamukha hasta is combined with the other hand in Khatakamukha, it is called Khatakavardhamana hasta.
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A conch, the female organ of regeneration, a sword, the spadix of a plantain tree, salutation, a gold pitcher, a silver pitcher, a bell metal pitcher,
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pitchers carried by milkman, other vessels, a kunda flower, ordinary lilies,
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the holding up of an umbrella, the heart, union—in these is Khatakavardhamana applied.
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when the hasta is placed on the mouth;
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Khatakavardhamana means a conch
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when the hasta is held below the navel;
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it denotes the female organ of reproduction
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when the hasta is obliquely let fall;
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it indicates a sword
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when the hasta is held on one side
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it speaks of the spadix of a plantain tree
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When Khatakavardhamana is held on the forehead,
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it is an indication of namaskara.
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When the hasta is placed on the left part of the buttocks,
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it denotes the subjects from a gold pitcher to other vessels’.
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When Khatakavardhamana is held at the front,
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it stands for lilies, a kunda flower, and lilies in general.
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When the hasta is held above the head,
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it means the holding of an umbrella, etc.
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If Khatakavardhamana is brought from the top to the heart,
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it means a heart.
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If the hasta is held across at the front and its tips touch the heart,
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it indicates union.
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Two khaṭaka(mukhas) placed at the wrists (crossed) [form] khaṭaka vardhamana.
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When khaṭakāmukha hands are crossed in svastika at their wrists or face each other, the [gesture] is known as khaṭakāvardhamānaka.
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It is used in receiving betel leaves, in amorous persons making gestures of first love and in stringing flowers etc. Some use it to tell a truth.