1. MUDRAS
BY:- KAVITA

2. MUDRAS
One of the most striking features of Indian classical dance is the use of hand gestures.
Speaking in dance via gestures, rather than orally, in order to visually convey outer events or things, as well as inner feelings, two classifications of specific traditional 'MUDRA' (hand/finger gesture) are used in Indian Classical Dance, and indeed are a prominent part of the dancer's vocabulary.

3. From the Natya Shastra, a text on the arts, this beautiful quotation and translation is often quoted by Indian classical dance instructors:
"Yato hastastato drishtihi"..."Where the hand is, the eyes follow“
"Yato drishtistato manaha"..."Where the eyes go, the mind follows“
"Yato manastato bhavaha"..."Where the mind is, there is the feeling“
"Yato bhavastato rasaha"..."Where there is feeling, there is mood/flavour, sweetness (i.e., appreciation of art; aesthetic bliss)"

4. Asamyukta hastas (single hand gestures) (only 10 names) :-
Pataka
Tripataka
Ardhapataka
Kartarimukha
Mayura
Ardhachandra
Arala
Shukantunda
Mushthi
Shikhara