NIKUTTAKA KARANA
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NIKUTTAKA KARANA
॥ निकुट्टितौ यदा हस्तौ स्वबाहुशिरसोऽन्तरे
पादौ निकुट्टितौ चैव ज्ञेयं तत्तु निकुट्टकम् ॥१॥
॥ NIKUṬṬITAU YADĀ HASTAU SVABĀHUŚIRASO'NTARE
PĀDAU NIKUṬṬITAU CAIVA JÑEYAṂ TATTU NIKUṬṬAKAM ॥9॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE HANDS IN NIKUTTITA BETWEEN THE HEAD AND ANOTHER ARM, AND THE LEGS ALSO MOVED IN SIMILAR MANNER, IS KNOWN AS NIKKUTTAKAM. (ABHINAVA BHARATI ON NIKUTTAKA KOHALA SAYS- THE RAISING AND LOWERING (DECLINING) OF A BODY PART IS CONSIDERED ITS NIKUTTANA. BY THIS, THE ALAPALLAVA HAND,S LITTLE FINGER'S FALLING AND RAISING IS NIKUTTANA. ALSO THE UDGĦATTITA OF THE ANCHITA FOOT.
"HAVING STOOD ON THE FORE PART IF THE FOOT, THE HEEL IS MADE TO FALL ON THE GROUND." THE CHAKARA INDICATES MANDALA STHANA. THE TENSE USED FOR BAHU-SHIRASI INDICATES ALTERNATIVE MOVEMENT. THE RIGHT HAND WITH THE RIGHT LEG AND VICE VERSA. BY THIS, HAVING ASSUMED THE MANDALA STHANA, AFTER CHATURASHRA, HAVING TAKEN THE HANDS IN UDVESTITA F PERFORM NIKUTTANA OVER THE SHOULDERS. PERFORM UDGHATITA IN THE SAME FOOT. THE LEFT HAND AS IT WAS, PUNARAVIDDHAVAKTRA AND THEN CHATURASHRA HAND GESTURE. AT THE SAME TIME, BY THE AFORESAID METHOD, THE SECOND FOOT ALSO TO DO NIKUTTANA.)
