Hasta

HASTA PRANALAKSHANA

• Prasarana Hasta - The fingers are stretched
• Kunchita Hasta - The fingers are folded
• Rechita Hasta - The fingers are given movement
• Punchita Hasta - The fingers are folded or moved or stretched
• Apaveshtita Hasta - The fingers are bent down
• Prerita Hasta - The fingers are bent back or moved or stretched
• Udveshtita Hasta - Holding the hands UP while dancing
• Vyavrutta Hasta - Hands help UP in the sides
• Parivrutta Hasta - Hands are brought together from sides (like a namaskara)
• Sanketa Hasta - Hands used to convey Implied Meanings
• Chinha Hasta - While dancing a dancer tries to show lot of things which are visible & invisible like a person's physical appearence, face, weapons, places of limbs & other parts of the body, his/her influence on others, their mannerisms etc. Hands used to show such things are called Chinhe
• Padarthateeke - Hands used to confirm the meanings of certain words

• Asamyuta Hasta - Single hand gestures
• Samyuta Hasta - Double hand gestures

Hasta Viniyogas

• Deva Hasta
• Dashavatara Hasta
• Navagraha Hasta
• Jaati Hasta
• Bandhu Hasta
• Nritta Hasta