Ardhapataka Hand Gesture (Mudra)

September 24th, 2007 by Anjali

Ardhapataka means “Half Flag”. It is done by bending the little finger after doing the Tripataka.

Ardhapataka

Lets take a look at the viniyoga shloka of Ardhapataka

Pallave falake teeray ubhayoriti vachake
krakache churikayam cha dhvaje gopurashringayoho
yujyate ardhapatakoyam tattatkarmaprayogake

Shloka says that Ardhapataka is used to denote the following:

  • Leaves
  • A board or a Slab for writing
  • Bank of the river
  • To Indicate “Both”
  • A knife
  • A banner
  • A Tower
  • An Animal Horn
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  • 1 Cherie Sampson Jun 29, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    This is a wonderful site - thank you. I am one and a half years into learning BN from Soorya Dance Co. in St Louis, MO.
    Photos are excellent of hastas and info here are informative and good supplement to me learning!