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Dṛṣṭi – focused gaze

The primary dṛṣṭi-s are:

sama = neutral gaze (look straight ahead without blinking)
ūrdhva = upwards;
pārśva = sidewards;
adho = downwards;
nābicakre = to the navel;

bhrūmadhye = between the eyebrows;
bhūcari: 4 fingers away from the tip of the nose;
nimīlita: towards the heart;
śāmbhavī = with eyes closed between the eyebrows
nāsāgre = to the tip of the nose;

hastāgre = gen. to the hand
agrapāṇi = to the right hand
itarapāṇi: at the left hand
aṅgulyagra or jyeṣṭha : at the tip of the finger / at the middle finger;
añguṣṭhamadhye = between the thumbs;

pādañguṣṭhamadhye: between the big toes
padāyogragre = to the foot / big toe

Pādavinyāsa – the position of feet and toes

Pādavinyāsa (feet and toes positions)

Name and translation of the primary pādavinyāsa-s:

pāda = the foot, the leg
ekapāda = one foot / leg
dvipāda = both feet / legs

pādahasta (hand/s on the foot/feet)

baddha ratnipāda (foot fasted by the elbow)

aśvapāda = horse step or lunge; front leg with knee at  90° and back leg full straight with ankle at 90°;

kapotāpāda = pigeon leg; the leg is bent with the outer-side of the shin, thigh and gluteus in contact with the floor flat into the horizontal plane, the knee pointed outwards with the heel in the same vertical plane of the knee.

ardhakapotāpāda = like the kapotāpāda but with the heel closer to the perineum (thus knee and heel are not anymore in the same vertical plane);

hastādhāra kapotapāda  = pigeon leg supported  on the arms

ākuñcitapāda = leg with the bent knee (tucked on the floor).

ardha aśvapāda = half horse step with the front leg or or half lunge;

paripūrṇa aśvapāda =  full horse step or full lunge; the front leg with knee posting forward (<45°)  while the back leg is full straight with ankle at 90°

jānu paripūrṇa aśvapāda = knee-stand full horse step; the front leg with knee posting forward (<45°)  while the back leg stands on the knee with the foot posting towards the head

samapāda: standing with the big-toes closed together;
maṇḍala samapāda: standing with the heels closed together
and the big-toes fully apart creating 180˚
prasāritapāda: with feet widely apart (stretch out)
viralapāda: standing with feet hips’s width apart

viralāṅguli: stretching the toes wide apart
pādāṅguṣṭha: standing on the big-toes;
pādabaddha: bound or held together by feet

baka-pāda = crane-legs or legs bend with big toes closed together

sālambha ekapāda = with one leg supported

sālambha dvipāda = with both legs supported

Hastavinyāsa – the position of arms, hands and fingers

Name and translation of the primary hastavinyāsa-s:

hasta = the hand, the fore-arm, the position of the hand ad forearm
(a measure of length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger)
agrapāṇi: the right hand
itarapāṇi: the left hand
patāka = (flag) palm flat with closed fingers;
viralāṅguli patāka = the patāka with fingers outstretched
ūrṇanābha = spider grip;
musti = fist
sūcī = fist with the index finger outstretched
ardha-candra: like the patāka but with the thumb stretched away from the middle finger
candrakalā: with index and thumb outstretched and the remaining fingers pointing the palm

añjali or hastāñjali: the open hands placed side by side and slightly hollowed
añjalibandhana: the añjali raised to the forehead.
prāñjalisthita = standing with outstretched arms and hands joined over the head in añjali
sudṛḍha abhigṛhītapāṇi: having the hands joined firmly by interlocking the fingers
hastasvastika = crossing the forearm with hands on the shoulders
dormūla hastasvastika = crossing the forearm with hands under the armpits

hastālamba also hastaka = hand-support
hastapṛṣṭha = the back of the hand / standing on the back of the hand

aṃsapṛṣṭha = back of the shoulder.
aṇgulīmukha also agrāṇguli = the tips of the fingers / standing on the tips of the fingers
aṅgulīparvan = the fingers’ joints / standing on the fingers’ joints (first line) and the thumb raised

ratni: the elbow / elbow-stand with the hands closed in a fist
(measure from the elbow to the end of the closed first)
aratni: the elbow / elbow-stand with the hands flat on the floor
(measure from the elbow to the tip of the little finger)
paścādbāhubaddha: the hands bounded behind the back

hastapāda = the hands and feet / with hands and feet

baddhahasta = fastened arms/hands

baddha ekapāda = with arms fastend around one leg

baddhaikapādahasta =  fasten (one) hand-foot;

avakra pāda = straighten legs with feet closed together pointing upwards

ūrdhva utthita ekahasta = one hand in patāka (palm flat with closed fingers) with the arm is straighten upwards