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Names of the 28 single handed gestures or Asamyuta hastas are laid out in the verse given below :
Patakas tripatako ardhapatak kartarimukhaha/
Mayurakhyordhacandrashcha aralah shukatundakaha// verse 89//
Musthishcha shikharakhyashcha kapithah katakamukhah/
Suchi chandrakala padmakoshah sarpashirastatha//verse 90//
Mrigashirshah simhamukha kangulashalapadmakah/
Chaturo bhramarashchaiva hamsasyo hamsapakshakah//verse91//
Sandamsho mukulashcheva tamrachudatrishulakah/
Ityasamyutahastaanaam ashtavinshatiririta//verse 92//
That completes 28 single hand gestures)
Pataka- Flag
Tripataka- Three parts of flag
Ardhapataka- Half Flag
Kartarimukha- Scissors
Mayura- Peacock
Ardhachandra- Half moon
Arala- Croocked, bent
Shukatunda- Parrot's Head
Mushti- Fist
Shikhara- Peak
Kapittha- Wood apple
Katakamukha- Opening in a bracelet
Suchi- Needle
Chandrakala- Crescent moon / Phases of moon
Padmakosha-Lotus bud
Sarpashirsha-Snake hood
Mrigashirsha- Deer head
Simhamukha- Lion face
Kangula- Bud ready to blossom
Alapadma- Bloomed Lotus
Chatura- Four / Little / Sly
Bhramara- Bee
Hamsasya- Swan beak
Hamsapaksha- Swan wing
Sandamsha- Pincers
Mukula- Blossom
Tamrachuda- Rooster / Cock
28. Trishula- Trident
More Gestures mentioned in some Treatises. For Example. Vyaghra-tiger, ArdhasucHi, Kataka, Palli, Urnanaabha, Baana.
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