While doing Shikhara mudra, bending the pointer finger and pressing it over the thumb is the Kapitta mudra.

It is used to denote the following:-

• Goddess Lakshmi and Saraswati
• Milking Cows
• Holding Cymbals
• Holding Flowers at the time of making Love.
• Grasping the end of the robes
• Offering Insense or Light
• Collyrium (applying Kajal)

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