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मृगशीर्षः परो ज्ञेयो हस्ताभिनययोक्तृभिः । काङ्गुलकोऽलपद्मश्च चतुरो भ्रमरस्तथ ॥ ६॥
Mṛgaśīrṣa, Kāṅgula, Alapadma, Catura, and Bhramara are to be known as hand gestures prescribed for acting.
english translation
हंसास्यो हंसपक्षश्च सन्दंशो मुकुलस्तथा । ऊर्णनाभस्ताम्रचूडचतुर्विंशतिरीरिताः ॥ ७॥
Haṃsāsya, Haṃsapakṣa, Sandaṃśa, Mukula, Ūrṇanābha, and Tāmracūḍa—these twenty-four have been described.
english translation
असंयुताः संयुताश्च गदतो मे निबोधत । अञ्जलिश्च कपोतश्च कर्कटः स्वस्तिकस्तथा ॥ ८॥
Understand from me the gestures of single and combined hands. Añjali, Kapota, Karkaṭa, and Svastika.
english translation
खटकावर्धमानश्च ह्युत्संगो निषधस्तथा । दोलः पुष्पपुटश्चैव तथा मकर एव च ॥ ९॥
Kaṭakāvardhamāna, Utsaṅga, Niṣadha, Dola, Puṣpapuṭa, and Makara.
english translation
गजदन्तोऽवहित्थश्च वर्धमानस्तथैव च । एते तु संयुता हस्ता मया प्रोक्तास्त्रयोदश ॥ १०॥
Gajadanta, Avahittha, and Vardhamāna—these thirteen have been described by me as combined hand gestures.
english translation