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Tilaka

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

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Description:
8:581-582

If two Tripataka hastas are placed - one on the forehead and the other on the chest - then it is Tilaka hasta.

Meaning:
8:581-582:

Tilaka hasta denotes offering of Pushpanjali to the deities, perfumes etc. and tilakam.

Based upon:
When the ring finger of Patāka hasta is bent, it becomes Tripatāka hasta .

Tripatāka - 7:243-244 When the ring finger of Patāka hasta is bent, it becomes Tripatāka hasta .

Tripatāka - 7:245-251
Not included elsewhere