a taaLa movement that involves a beat and then counts on the fingers starting from the little finger and moving inward (when the counts are more than five the counts go back to the little finger). They can be tisra (1 + 2), catusra (1 + 3), khaNDa (1 + 4), mishra (1 + 6), or sankeerna (1 + 8). Its symbol is | and it is equal to 1 maattirai

a pattern with the first aksharam marked with the palm face down, followed by a variable number of aksharam -s marked with successive fingers starting with the little finger

A component used to reckon time. It consists of one beat and finger counts. The symbol used is

One of the five sons of Yadu

type of attribute, light

Light quality of food

Light, small, minute.