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Khanḍacatura

Saṃyuta Hasta - Double Hand Gestures

Descriptions and Meanings

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

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Description:
8:591-592

In Catura hasta, if the forefinger is left out and the little finger is joined, then it is Khanḍacatura hasta.

Meaning:
8:591-592:

This hasta denotes liquids like blood, saying 'pleasant to the ear', and pieces.

Based upon:
When forefinger, middle finger and ring finger are close to one another and stretched, the little finger is extended separately and the thumb is bent obliquely to touch the base of the ring finger, it becomes Çatura hasta.

When forefinger, middle finger and ring finger are close to one another and stretched, the little finger is extended separately and the thumb is bent obliquely to touch the base of the ring finger, it becomes Çatura hasta.

Çatura - 7:380-381 When the thumb of the Patāka hasta touches the middle line of the middle finger and the little finger is stretched out, it becomes Çatura hasta

When the thumb of the Patāka hasta touches the middle line of the middle finger and the little finger is stretched out, it becomes Çatura hasta

Çatura - 7:383-389
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