Padmakosha

Lotus Bud

Fingers are curved like a bowl, resembling a budding lotus.

how it is held

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Stretch and curve all fingers including the thumb, keeping fingertips apart but close to each other.

where it goes wrong

Fingers touching each other or being too straight.

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What Padmakosha is used to depict.

The standard usages assigned to this hand in the Abhinaya Darpana. One gesture carries many meanings; context and the rest of the body decide which.