hasta , ( 1 ) nt. (= Skt. m. ), hand : hastāni Mv i.18.2 ; haste (dual) 22.11 (both prose); ( 2 ) ( m. ; = Skt. hastaka, pw s.v. 1 f. ; Pali hattha), handful : sotpalahastena (read with v.l. utpala°; cf. 10 above, utpalahastakena) … vāhyamānau LV 381.18 (prose), with a handful of lotuses being urged to drag (the carts); ( 3 ) ( m. ; = Pali hattha; cf. hastaka ) fan , see s.v. mayūra-hasta(ka) .