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KATAKAKHYE YADA HASTE
TARJANI SAMPRASARITA
HASTAH SUCHIMUKHO NAMA TADA
GNEYAH PRAYOKTRIVHIHI
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The forefinger of the Katakamukha hand to be stretched it is called Suchi.
Usages:
To describe number one, world etc.
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SYANGULYSTU VIRALAHA
SAHANGUSHTHENA KUNCHITAHA
URDHVA HYAMSAGATAGRASCHA SA
BHAVET PADMAKOSHAKAHA
All the fingers including the thumb are kept separately and the ends bent. They do not meet one another. It is called Padmakosha.
Usages:
Lotus, to represent Bilva and Kapittha fruits and the breasts of women etc.
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ANGULYAH SAHITAH SARVA
SAHANGUSHTHENA YASYA TU
TATHA NIMNATALASCHAIVA SA TU
SARPASIRAH KARAHA
When all the fingers including the thumb to be closed to one another and the palm to be hallowed. It is called Sarpasira.
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Usages:
Snake hood, the offering water to god and sages, pouring water (on anything), Challenging (for a duel), motion of the frontal globe (kumbha) etc.
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