Devata Hastas-Hand gestures to denote the deities

Anjali October 11, 2008 Learning 17 Comments

Hope you had a great Navaratri. Wish you Good health, wealth and prosperity.

Also do take a look at the images added to the last post “Dashavatara hasta-hand gestures for the 10 incarnation of lord Vishnu”

In the forthcoming posts we shall see the hand gestures used to represent and describe different deities that we often hear about. The Abhinaya Darpanam lists of the hand gestures for

These are the names of Hindu gods who are often seen worshiped. I shall be posting on each of these deities separately. Lets start with Lord Brahma first.

Tagged Bharatanatyam, devata hasta, Gestures, Mudras

17 Comments

KEERTHAN HEGDE
April 17, 2010 at 10:09 am

please ..attach some videos ..with thier usese
kalamandalam syla
August 6, 2010 at 7:28 am

please add corresponding pictures…
Maitri Pramanik
August 5, 2011 at 6:46 am

can you show us debata hastas of bayu @ kubera…..
I also want to know about nasika bhedam
Mirajkar
January 26, 2012 at 6:35 pm

Hello, the deva hastas are really helpful but could you also please add vayu, kubera, isana, surya, candra and raksasa.

Thanks 🙂
Madhu
December 15, 2012 at 11:10 pm

Hi Ji,

Please tell Nattuvangam in online

Regards
Madhu
chinmayee
January 26, 2013 at 12:24 am

you havent put any post on vayu hastha
shree
May 15, 2013 at 10:03 am

hi anjali.. guess the link for vayu & kubera is missing. could you please add it.
swathi
August 19, 2014 at 12:41 am

in nirutti, the sloka states that it is shakata hastha in right hand. is there no difference brahmara and shakata.
Priya Padhiar
April 4, 2016 at 2:41 pm

I really like your website my daughter learns from it
WEllen
December 20, 2017 at 5:07 am

It really helped when other sites didn’t. ….thanks a lot ……I am very lazy to write a comment but ur helpful site convinced me a lot …..once again thank q
A
March 17, 2018 at 10:59 pm

the link for vayu & kubera is missing. could you please add it.
Anjali
August 1, 2018 at 1:31 pm

will do that soon.
Suchismitaa
October 13, 2018 at 2:03 am

U haven’t put any posts on vayu hasta…
shylashree
May 28, 2019 at 12:04 am

Please start the nattuvanga in this site
shylashree
May 28, 2019 at 12:06 am

Start the Junior, Senior, pre vidwat post vidwat portions also please it will be very helpful
Sreeja
August 14, 2020 at 5:40 am

What about vayu and kubera hasta
There is no link for it ??

Thanks 🙏
Beena tatwamasi
November 20, 2020 at 8:46 am

Vayu
Aralo dakshine haste vaame chaardha patakika
dhrutaa chet vaayudevasya kara itya bhidheeyate

Hold the Arala hasta on your right hand at the chest level and Ardhapataka on your left hand to the side below the natyarambha level.

Kubera
Vaame padmam dakshinetu gaadaa yakshapateha karaha

Hold the Mushti hasta on your right hand and Alapadmam on your left hand.