hastaH [ has-tan na iw Uṇ. 3. 86 ] 1 The hand; hastaM gata ‘fallen in the hand or possession of’, gOtamIhaste visarjayizyAmi Ś. 3 ‘I shall send it by Gautamī’; so haste patitA ; hastasaMnihitAM kuru &c.; SaMBunA dattahastA Me. 60 ‘leaning on Śambhu's hand’; haste-kf 1 ( hastekftya-kftvA ) ‘to take or seize by the hand, take hold of the hand, take in hand, take possession of’; Prov.: - hastakaMkaRaM kiM darpaRe prekzyate Karpūr. ‘sight requires no mirror’. 2 The trunk of an elephant; Ku. 1. 36. 3 N. of the 13th lunar mansion consisting of five stars. 4 The fore-arm, cubit, a measure of length (equal to 24 angulas or about 18 inches, being the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger). 5 Hand-writing, signature; DanI vopagataM dadyAt svahastaparicihnitaM Y. 1. 319 ; svahastakAlasaMpannaM SAsanaM 1. 320 ‘bearing date and signature’; DAryatAmayaM priyAyAH svahastaH V. 2. ‘the autograph of my beloved’; 2. 20. 6 (Hence fig. ) Proof, indication; Mu. 3. 7 Help, assistance, support; vAtyA KedaM kfSAMgyAH suciramavayavErdattahastA karoti Ve. 2. 21. 8 A mass, quantity, abundance (of hair), in comp. ( pb ) with keSa, kaca &c.; pASaH pakzaSca hastaSca kalApArTAH kacAtpare Ak. ; rativigalitabaMDe keSahaste sukeSyAH sati kusumasanATe kaM haredeza barhaH V. 4. 10. — staM A pair of leather-bellows. Comp. — akzaraM one's own hand or signature, one's own sign-manual. — agraM the finger (being the extremity of the hand). — aMguli f. any finger of the hand. — aByAsaH contact with the hand. — avalaMbaH, -AlaMbanaM support of the hand; dattahastAvalaMbe prAraMBe Ratn. 1. 8 ‘being aided or helped on’. — AmalakaM ‘the fruit of the myrobalan held in the hand’, a phrase used to denote that which can be clearly and easily seen or understood; cf. karatalAmalakaPalavadaKilaM jagadAlokayatAM K. 43. — AvApaH a finger-guard ( jyAGAtavAraRaM ); V. 5 , Ś. 6. — kamalaM 1 a lotus carried in the hand. 2 a lotus-like hand. — kOSalaM manual dexterity. — kriyA manual work or performance, handicraft. — gata , — gAmin a. come to hand, fallen into one's possession, obtained, secured; tvaM prArTyase hastagatA mamOBiH R. 7. 67 , 8. 1. — grAhaH taking by the hand. — cApalyaM = hastakOSala q. v. — talaM 1 the palm of the hand. 2 the tip of an elephant's trunk. — tAlaH striking the palms together, clapping the hands. — tulA ‘hand-balance’, weighing in the hand; Pt. 2. 79. — dozaH a slip of the hand. — DAraRaM -vAraRaM warding off a blow (with the hand). — pAdaM the hands and feet; na me hastapAdaM prasarati Ś. 4. — pucCaM the hand below the wrist. — pfzWaM the back of the hand. — prApta , — vartin, -sTa, -sTita a. 1 held in the hand. 2 gained, secured. — prApya a. easily accessible to the hand; that can be reached with the hand, hastaprApyastabakana mito bAlamaMdAravfkzaH Me. 75. — biMbaM perfuming the body with unguents. — moRaH a jewel worn on the wrist. — lAGavaM 1 manual readiness or skill. 2 a sleight of the hand, legerdemain. — saMvAhanaM rubbing or shampooing with the hands; Me. 96. — sidDiH f. 1 manual labour, doing with the hands. 2 hire, wages. — sUtraM a bracelet or thread-string worn on the wrist; Ku. 7. 25.