 Asamyuta
hastas (Single Hand Gestures)
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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//
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 Samyuta
Hasta (Double Hand Gestures)
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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/
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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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