4.
Kartari-mukha
('Arrow's Face' or 'Scissors Face')
From Ardha-Pataaka, open the
index and middle fingers into
scissors like shape. There are two variations of this Mudra: In the
first one you keep the ring and little fingers as they are in
Ardha-Pataaka and in the second variation you bring the ring and little
fingers together with the thumb, all touching.
Kartari-mukha
(arrow shaft face): in the same hand, the forefinger
and little
finger are outspread.
According to
another book: the forefinger of the Tripataka
hand is out
(spread) . Once upon a time, the sages say, Sasankasekhara
(Siva), set out
to slay Jadandhara; he drew a circle
round the
centre of the earth with his forefinger, and that is the
origin of the
Kartari-mukha hand.
It originates
from Siva,
its sage is
Parjaniya,
its race
Ksattriya,
its colour
coppery,
its patron
deity Cakrapani
(Vishnu) .
A
fuller description of the Kartari-mukha hand is quoted by T. A.
Gopinatha Rao, from an unnamed source, in " Hindu Iconography,'' 1914,
p. xxxi, where it is stated that it is used for holding attributes (cf
. on Plate XI c) such as the conch and discus; and also that the thumb
and third finger should meet near the middle of the palms. The hands of
images conform to this rule in most cases, but not invariably. Most
likely there exists some confusion of Kartari-mukha and Mayura hands.
Our figure shows the Kartari-mukha hand according to the text
description.
Viniyogas
- Shtripum-sayoosthu-vishlasya
– Separation of man and women
- Viparyaa-sapaday-pivaa
– Opposition or overturning
- Luntana
–stealing or rolling
- Nayana-amtham
– Corner of the eye
- Marana
– Death
- Bheda-bhavana
– Disagreement
- Vidhyu-dartha
– Lightning
- Api-yekashiyaa-viraha
– Married couple fights and separate / In
separation from the loved one
- Patana–
To fall down
- Latayan
- A creeper
When a
dancer completes learning all of Kartari-Mukha gesture usages he
/ she recites:
Yujathay
Yasthu Sakara Kartarimukhaa
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