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Hasta Kosha

 

Asamyuta hastas (Single Hand Gestures)

Names of the 28 single handed gestures or Asamyuta hastas are laid out in the verse given below :

Patakastripatakasyardhapatokartarimukhaha/
Mayurakhyordhacandrashca aralah shukatundakaha// verse 89//
Musthishca shikharakhyashca kapithah katakamukhah/
Suci candrakala padmakoshah sarpashirastatha//verse 90//
Mrigashirshah simhamukha kangulashalapadmakah/
Caturo bhramarashcaiva hamsasyo hamsapakshakah//verse91//
Sandamsho mukulascheva tamracudatrishulakah/
Ityasamyutahastanamashtavishatiriirita//verse 92//

 

 Samyuta Hasta (Double Hand Gestures)

The following verse recites the names of different hastas.

Anjalishca kapotashca karkata svastikastatha// verse 172//
Dolahastah pushputa utsangah shivalingakah/
Katakavardhanashcaiva kartarisvastikastatah// verse 173//
Shakata shanka cakre ca samputah pashakilakau/
Matsya kurmo varahashca garudo nagabandhakah// verse 174//
Khatva bherunda ityete sankhyata samyutah karah/

 

Sanskrit verses taken from Abhinaya Darpana of Nandikeshvara -
(Edited by Dr. Manmohan Ghosh)

The uses of the hastas may however can be very different from the meanings of the names given to them.

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