Little finger bend above and all other fingers stretched apart from each other is Alapadma Hasta.

In the scriptures, Alapadma Hasta is prescribed to denote moving bloomed lotus, fruits such as wood-apple, circular motion, bosoms, separation from dear one, mirror, full-moon, sense of charm, hair-braid, moon-house, village, altitude, irritancy, a water reservoir, wheel, Cakravaka bird, chirping of birds and eulogy.

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