Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Double hand gestures

Samyutha hastas or double hand gestures.

Samyutha means combined or together in sanskrit. As the name denotes we have have to use both the palms to convey the message or meaning. There are 24 double hand gestures. The viniyoga sloka will explain easch hastas in detail. Viniyoga means usage.  Iike pathaka (single hand gesture) is used to denote clouds , forest, sky..

This is the slokam for samyutha hastas:

Anjalishcha kapothashcha karkata swasthikasthathaa Dolahastha pushpaputaha utsangah shivalingakaha Katakavardhanashchaiva kartari swastikasthathaa Shakatam shanka chakrecha samputa paasha keelakau Matsya kurmo varaahashcha garudo nagabandhakaha Khatwaa berunda ithyethe sankhyaatha samyutaa karaahaa.

Meaning:
  1. Anjali
  2. Kapotha
  3. Karkata
  4. Swastika
  5. Dola
  6. Pushpaputa
  7. Utsanga
  8. Shivalinga
  9. kataka vardhana
  10. Kathari swastika
  11. Shakatam
  12. shanka
  13. Chakra
  14. Samputa
  15. Paasha
  16. keelaka
  17. Matsya
  18. Kurma
  19. Varaaha
  20. Garuda
  21. Nagabandha
  22. Khatava
  23. Bhairunda
  24. Avahitta

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