Asamyukta hastas are done using single hand. The Natyshastra mentions about 28 Mudras ie upto Trishula Mudra. There are four new mudra added to this list ie Kataka, Vyagraha, Ardhasuchi and Palli. These Hand Gestures are a Part of Angika Abhinaya. I shall be explaining each of these Mudras with reference to the shlokas of Abhinayadarpana.
Audio of the shlokam: [audio:asamyukta hasta.mp3]
If you would like to download this audio, right click here and save to computer
Following are the list of all the Single hand Gesture.
- Pataaka
- Tripataaka
- Ardhapataaka
- Kartarimukha
- Mayura
- Ardhachandra
- Araala
- Shukatunda
- Mushthi
- Shikhara
- Kapitta
- Katakaamukha
- Suchi
- Chandrakalaa
- Padmakosha
- Sarpashirsha
- Mrigashirsha
- Simhamukha
- Kangula
- Alapadma
- Chatura
- Bhramara
- Hamsaasye
- Hansapakshika
- Sandamsha
- Mukula
- Tamrachuda
- Trishula
- Ardhasuchi
- Vyaagraha
- Palli
- Katakaa
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Namaskaram maam, Actually I’m a bengali living in Bihar state and we do not have any bharatnatyam classes in our city. Thanks for your blog by the help of which I’m learning this wonderful danceform for last 1 year. I’ve learned upto Visharu adavu, now practicing tattimetti adavu. Also I’m trying to coreograph my performance on Mooshika Vahana. Kindly tell me how to show a mouse/rat using the mudras(I’ve seen others using Simhamukha)
@Vishwa, You can also use Mukula to show Mushika/mouse.
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But would like to suggest somthing. Please add the images of every mudra like samyukta and Asamyukta hasta so its helps more for those who joins dance classes and it was also help to define perfect gesture.
Means when we select any mudra option it was also show the image.
can u put the lyrics of the shloka also
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Namaskaram Maa’m…..moved to Kolkata for my studies and also joined Bharatnatyam classes…thank you very much for this web blog. Would you please explain the “Palli” hand gesture? Also my guru has taught me another hasta….”Urnanaabham” to show a spider…pls explain about this..
Hi Anjali,
Is there audio link for the viniyoga slokas.I am looking this for my daughter who is doing 2nd grade exam.
Thanks,
Mary
Namasthe,
How’s the Pallimudra shown in B natyam? The same is seen done in differnt ways by different schools.
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hi anjali all the details wt ever u hv mentiond is informative thanx dear……..i want u to show the video of viniyoga shlokas of asamyukta and samyukta mudras in detail…….. thanx alot ……..
I had requested for an info about Pallimudra. Kindly reply.
@Mr Unnikrishnan, Palli is done in the following manner: hands in Mayura hastam and the middle finger is crossed over the Index finger. I shall soon add a picture for the same
Thanks. I got it.
I am 11 yrs old(grade 6) and i live in Canada…Am i too late to learn Bharathanatyam?.I really enjoy dancing….in my class im the oldest in grade 1(bharthanatyam level)…. how long does it take to learn bharthanatyam (estimate maybe) is there a certain age for it?
What is the Dhiyana Slokam (single meaning and full meaning???
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anjali in asamyukta hastha u have given wrong spelling in most of them .
nice explanation of the mudras…. thanks a lot
Hey, thanks for the step by step with photo’s, its really helping particularly being completely new to this beautiful style of dance. Namste blessings xx
Thanks a lot Anjali. I have learnt Asamyukta hastas now. I would love to learn more here.
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i was having a lot of problems to remember my hastas hand gestures thank u alot
@Ravinita, maybe you should learn the hasta shlokam. That works like ABCD Rhyme.
It is nice
I often find myself folding my index and thumb locked around one another with all of the other fingers crossed and i found out recently I was or had mercy poison….I felt there was a connection as to why my body was doing this as i knew nothing of using hands or fingers for healing, do you know what area I was healing I would like to know as I found it interesting
Everything is nice and understandable but i need the bhandha hastas . Please help me out
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Thanks so much! In my dance class I had to do all 28 single handed gestures and I couldn’t remember all of them, but this site really helped me remember all the single handed gestures! Thank you!
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