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121

शिरः कण्डूयने चैव कुष्ठव्याधिनिरूपणे । संहव्याघ्रेष्वभिनयः प्रस्तरग्रहणे तथा ॥ १२१॥

It is used to represent scratching one’s head, depicting skin diseases, acting as a lion or a tiger, and seizing a stone.

english translation

ziraH kaNDUyane caiva kuSThavyAdhinirUpaNe | saMhavyAghreSvabhinayaH prastaragrahaNe tathA || 121||

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122

मध्यमाङ्गुष्ठसन्दंशो वक्रा चैव प्रदेशिनी । शेषे तलस्थे कर्तव्ये ताम्रचूलकरेऽङ्गुली ॥ १२२॥

The middle finger and the thumb pressed together like pincers, the forefinger bent, and the remaining fingers resting on the palm form the Tāmracūḍa hand.

english translation

madhyamAGguSThasandaMzo vakrA caiva pradezinI | zeSe talasthe kartavye tAmracUlakare'GgulI || 122||

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123

विच्युतश्च सशब्दश्च कार्यो निर्भत्सनादिषु । ताले विश्वसने चैव शीघ्रार्थे संज्ञितेषु च ॥ १२३॥

It should be moved with a sound to represent rebuke, beating time, inspiring confidence, quickness, and making signs.

english translation

vicyutazca sazabdazca kAryo nirbhatsanAdiSu | tAle vizvasane caiva zIghrArthe saMjJiteSu ca || 123||

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124

तथा कलासु काष्ठासु निमेषे तु क्षणे तथा । एश एव करः कार्यो बालालापनिमन्त्रणे ॥ १२४॥

This hand is also to be used to indicate small fractions of time such as Kalā, Kāṣṭhā, Nimeṣa and Kṣaṇa as well as talking to a young girl and inviting her.

english translation

tathA kalAsu kASThAsu nimeSe tu kSaNe tathA | eza eva karaH kAryo bAlAlApanimantraNe || 124||

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125

अथवा अङ्गुल्यः संहिता वक्रा उपर्युङ्गुष्ठपीडिताः । प्रसारिता कनीष्ठाच ताम्रचूडः करः स्मृतः ॥ १२५॥

When the fingers in a hand are close to one another, bent and the thumb is set on them, the same is [also] called the Tāmracūḍa hand.

english translation