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Varāha

Saṃyuta Hasta - Double Hand Gestures

Bharata Natyam
Elizabeth Kelly

Descriptions and Meanings

1100 CE - 1200 CE
The Mirror of Gesture (AD) - Ananda Coomaraswamy

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Bharata Natyam
Elizabeth Kelly

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Varāha (boar): Mrga-sirsa hands one upon the other (back to back), the thumbs and little fingers linked.

Meaning:
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boar

Based upon:
Mṛga&scaron;īrsha (deer-head): in the above hand, the thumb and little finger are extended.

Mṛgašīrsha - No verse annotation According to another book: the thumb and little finger are raised. It springs from Gauri, who used the Mṛga&scaron;īrsha hand to draw three lines on her forehead when practising tapas for the sake of Siva. Its race is Rsi, its sage is Markandeya, its colour white, its presiding deity Mahesvara.

According to another book: the thumb and little finger are raised. It springs from Gauri, who used the Mṛga&scaron;īrsha hand to draw three lines on her forehead when practising tapas for the sake of Siva. Its race is Rsi, its sage is Markandeya, its colour white, its presiding deity Mahesvara.

Mṛgašīrsha - No verse annotation
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1100 CE - 1200 CE
Nandikeśvara's Abhinaya Darpaṇam, 3rd edition (AD) - Dr. Manomohan Ghosh

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Description:
1:198

Varāha. When one Mrgasirsa is placed above another and the thumb of the one hand meets that of the other and vice versa, the hand is called Varāha.

Meaning:
1:199:

It is used to denote a boar.

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Mṛgašīrsha - 1:139
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1100 CE - 1200 CE
Abhinaya Darpanam of Nandikeswara (AD) - P.S.R. Apparao

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Bharata Natyam
Elizabeth Kelly

Description:
8:491-492

When two Mṛgašīrsha hastas are placed one over the other and their little fingers and thumbs are linked, it is Varāha hasta (varāha = boar).

Meaning:
8:491-492:

Varāha hasta denotes a boar.

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Mṛgašīrsha - 7:353-356 When the thumb of the Çatura hasta is raised, it becomes Mṛga&scaron;īrsha hasta.

Mṛgašīrsha - 7:357-361
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Related Combinations

1100 CE - 1200 CE
Nandikeśvara's Abhinaya Darpaṇam, 3rd edition (AD) - Dr. Manomohan Ghosh

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Contents:
1:218

Varaha: Show the Varaha hands on a level with the waist and keep them on the sides. This is called the hands of the god Adivaraha.

Varāha
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