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Saṃyuta Hasta - Double Hand Gestures

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

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Nāga-bandha (serpent-tie): Sarpa-sirsa hands are crossed.

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naga-bandha, pairs of snakes, bower, Atharva Veda spells.

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Sarpaṡīrsha (snake-head): the middle of the Patāka hand is hollowed.

Sarpaṡīrsha (Ahiphaṇa) - No verse annotation According to another book: same definition. This hand is derived from Vishnu, who showed it when he offered to protect the Devas against Bali, and promised to put him down. Its sage is Vasava (Indra), its colour turmeric, its race Deva, its patron deity Siva.

According to another book: same definition. This hand is derived from Vishnu, who showed it when he offered to protect the Devas against Bali, and promised to put him down. Its sage is Vasava (Indra), its colour turmeric, its race Deva, its patron deity Siva.

Sarpaṡīrsha (Ahiphaṇa) - 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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1:201

Nāgabandha. The Sarpasirsa and the Svastika hands placed together will make the Nāgabandha hand.

Meaning:
1:201:

It is used to denote the Nagabandba.

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Sarpaṡīrṣha (snake-hood): When the tips of lingers in the Patāka hand are bent, it is called Sarpaṡīrṣha.

Sarpaṡīrsha (Ahiphaṇa) - 1:137 Svastika. When two Pataka hands are put across each other at their wrist, they form the Svastika hand.

Svastika - 1:180-181
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1100 CE - 1200 CE
Abhinaya Darpanam of Nandikeswara (AD) - P.S.R. Apparao

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8:494-495

When two Sarpasirsha hastas are in swastika position, it becomes Nāgabandha hasta.

Meaning:
8:494-495:

This hasta is used to denote the (Nāgabandha = serpent - tieup), pairs of snakes, bowers and Atharwana Mantras

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If the ends of all the fingers of the Patāka hasta are bent i.e. if the palm of the Patāka hasta is hollowed, it becomes Sarpaṡīrsha hasta (Sarpaṡīrsha or sarpasira = head or hood of a snake).

If the ends of all the fingers of the Patāka hasta are bent i.e. if the palm of the Patāka hasta is hollowed, it becomes Sarpaṡīrsha hasta (Sarpaṡīrsha or sarpasira = head or hood of a snake).

Sarpaṡīrsha (Ahiphaṇa) - 7:345-346 When the middle of the Patāka hasta is hollowed, it becomes Sarpaṡīrsha hasta (Sarpa-sirsha =snake head or hood).

Sarpaṡīrsha (Ahiphaṇa) - 7:347-352
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