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Vardhamāna
Saṃyuta Hasta - Double Hand Gestures
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This is the combination of the Mukula hand and Kapittha in close clasp,
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If one hand is pressed with the other this hand indicates grasping, receiving, preserving, convention, truthfulness and compression.
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9:154
The combination of two Hamsapaksa hands turned down is also known as Vardhamāna.
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It is utilized in represent-ing the opening of objects like latticed windows.
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9:131
Two Haṃsapakṣa hands turned down will be the known as the Vardhamāna
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It is to be used to represent the opening of objects like latticed windows.
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When two Haṁsapaksha hands are in the opposite directions, the combination is Vardhamana.
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The acting should be done to show lattice (Jala) windows, etc.
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Vardhamāna (increase): Hamsa-paksa hands palms down, turned together face upwards. Patron deity Vasuki.
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Narasimha, his glory, tearing the raksasa’s chest.
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8:526-527
8:526-527
When two Hamsapaksha hastas are held, palms down and then turned together, face upwards, then it becomes Vardhamāna hasta. Its presiding deity is Vasuki.
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This hasta is used to denote Nrsimha, His glory / radiance, tearing apart the demon's (Hiranyakasipu's) chest.
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8:584-585
8:584-585
When two Sikhara hastas are held pointing upwards, then it is Vardhamāna hasta.
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This hasta denotes saying - always, it is given, what-what? and once upon a time.
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4:1236-1237
4:1236-1237
Vardhamāna: The hands which are in the Mrgasirsa Hasta are crossed.
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This Hasta is used to depict opening doors, windows and the like,
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7:69
Vardvmāna: With the kapittha hands if the mukula hasta is tried to form, it is vardhamāna
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It shows collection, brevity and satya vākyam (veracity).
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2:190
When the haṁsapaksha hastas are turned away from each other, it is the vardhamāna hasta. .
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If separated from a crossed position it can depict doors and opening windows.
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When moved apart from proximity, it shows tearing the enemy’s chest, etc. other scholars opine that this hasta is to be held with sarpasirsa.
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If two Mrgasirsa hastas are put together at the front, it is called Vardhamana hasta by Subharikara.
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A netted window, etc., a town, a city (with large buildings), finding out lice, etc., rending of the heart of an enemy
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tearing off of clothes, a door, taking up, union, contraction, regulation, truth, washing of clothes—the hasta Vardhamana is indicated in these.
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Vardhamana, with its tip pointing up,
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is applied to mean a netted window. It represents a town. It stands for a city.
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If Vardhamana moves from the front to the back,
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it means trying to find out lice, etc. ||
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If the two hands of Vardhamana are moved from the front to the two sides,
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it denotes the tearing off of clothes. It indicates a door.
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If Vardhamana is taken round and put in the lap,
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it means taking up.
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If the two hands of Vardhamana are firmly brought together,
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it means union.
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If Vardhamana is held facing up at the front,
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it means contraction.
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Vardhamana, lying across at the front,
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means regulation.
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Vardhamana, hanging at the front,
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denotes truth.
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If Vardhamana is brought down from on high,
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it indicates the washing of clothes.
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7:109
7:109
If two haṁsapakṣa-hastas, facing away from each other, are [crossed] like a svastika, it is vardhamāna.
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3:459-460
3:459-460
When two haṁsapakṣa hands are crossed in svastika turned in opposite directions, it is known as vardhamāna. This can be done in three ways, either with mrgasirsa or [with] sarpasirsa [but moved in] the same way.
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It is used in opening a door or a window. When [these] haṁsapakṣa hands are separated from svastika, they indicate beating the chest. Others say that it is the second kind of nisadha.
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Sarpaṡīrsha (Ahiphaṇa) - 3:397
Mṛgašīrsha - 3:404-405
Haṁsapaksha - 3:408-409
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Sarpaṡīrsha (Ahiphaṇa) - 3:397
Mṛgašīrsha - 3:404-405
Haṁsapaksha - 3:408-409
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