The Sanskrit term Muṣṭikasvastika can be transliterated into English as Mustikasvastika or Mushtikasvastika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Muṣṭikasvastika (मुष्टिकस्वस्तिक) refers to a gesture (āṅgika) made with ‘dance hands’ (nṛttahasta), according to the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 8. The hands (hasta) form a part of the human body which represents one of the six major limbs (aṅga) used in dramatic performance. With these limbs are made the various gestures (āṅgika), which form a part of the histrionic representation (abhinaya).

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Muṣṭikasvastika (मुष्टिकस्वस्तिक).—A type of gesture (āṅgika) made with dance-hands (nṛttahasta);—(Instructions): The two Kaṭakāmukha hands bent at the wrists and moved round. The Dance-hands are to be used in forming Karaṇas.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Muṣṭikasvastika (मुष्टिकस्वस्तिक).—a particular position of the hands in dancing.

Derivable forms: muṣṭikasvastikaḥ (मुष्टिकस्वस्तिकः).

Muṣṭikasvastika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms muṣṭika and svastika (स्वस्तिक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Muṣṭikasvastika (मुष्टिकस्वस्तिक):—[=muṣṭika-svastika] [from muṣṭika > muṣ] m. a [particular] position of the hands in dancing, [Catalogue(s)]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mushtikasvastika in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Muṣṭikasvastika (ಮುಷ್ಟಿಕಸ್ವಸ್ತಿಕ):—[noun] one of the hand gestures in dancing.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mushtika, Svastika.

Full-text: Nrittahasta.

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Natyashastra (English) (by Bharata-muni)

Chapter IX - Gestures of Major Limbs (aṅga)

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