(Standing posture of the feet)
VAISHNAVAM SAMAPADAM CHA
VAISHAKHAM MANDALAM TATHA
PRATYALIDHAM TATHALIDHAMs
STHANANYETANI SHAN DRUNAM
 

There are 13 types of Samyuta Hastas. They are :

1.Vaishnava, 2.Samapada,
3.Vaisakha 4.Mandala,
5.Alidha 6.Pratyalidha

DVAU TALAVARDHATALASCHA
PADAYORANTARAM BHAVET
TAYOHO SAMSTHITASTVEKAHA
TRYASRAPADASTHITOPARAHA
KINCHIDANCHITA JANGHACHA
SAUSHTAVANGA PURASKRUTAM
VAISHNAVAMSTHNAMETADHI
VISHNUREVADHI DAIVATAM



The feet kept two and half Talas apart; one of them shall be in the natural posture; the other is obliquely placed with toes turning towards the sides; the shank is in the Anchita state and all the limbs have Sausthava. This is called Vaishnava Sthana.


SAMAPADE SAMAU PADAU
TALAMATRANTARASTHITAU
SVABHAVASAUSHTAVOPETAU
BRAHMA CHATRADHIDAIVATAM



If the feet are kept in their natural posture and one Tala apart; the body is in natural Sausthava, the Sthana is called Samapada. The presiding deity here of is Brahma.







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