South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.153
South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c8.153
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(7) *Ardha chandra hasta* is delineated in the upper left hand carrying the fire in the figures of Natarāja (diagram P) and is thus defined "*Jasyangulyastu-binata-sahangusthena chāpabat-so 'rdha chandra-iti-khyata*," i.e., when the fingers along with the thumb open up in the shape of a bow it is known as the *ardha chandra* (half-moon).