Right little — water (apas)

Anatomical-right hand

The anatomical-right little finger is the water locus in the selected hand-element scheme. It completes the five-part symbolic vocabulary and is positioned as an inset within the hand region.

Right thumb — fire (agni)Right index — air (vāyu)Right middle — ether (ākāśa)Right ring — earth (pṛthvī)Right little — water (apas)Right little — water (apas)Left thumb — fire (agni)Left index — air (vāyu)Left middle — ether (ākāśa)Left ring — earth (pṛthvī)Left little — water (apas)

Point 5 of 10 in Mudrās — Hand Element Circuits (मुद्रा)

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Vasant Lad, Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing (secondary)

Hand-mudrā section, five-element finger correspondence; little finger is assigned to water in the convention used here.

Kularṇava Tantra (primary)

Chapter 17, mudrā teaching and ritual hand gestures.

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