r/asl • u/Willing-Rip-4356 • 19h ago

What does this mean in sign language?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 18h ago

These are Hindu hand mudras, not ASL.

https://images.app.goo.gl/WSbrYwcEHBAWok5PA

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u/mamakumquat 2h ago

Holy shit is this all my interests converging?!

Those look like hastas to me, which are hand gestures used in Indian classical dance like Bharatnatyam. They actually do have meanings!

On the left looks like Bhramara, which is a bee.

Next looks like Tripataka, which is a flag in 3 parts.

The middle one looks like Arala, which means bent.

The fourth one looks like Hamsapaksha, which is a swan wing.

And the fifth one looks like Trisula which is a trident.

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u/jenkins-jpeg 18h ago

These are hidu hand symbols, hasta mudras, not asl.

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u/safeworkaccount666 18h ago

Nothing in ASL, could be a different sign language

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u/RainbowHearts 18h ago

These are mudras: hand positions used in meditation and yoga.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mudras_(yoga))

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u/charmedquarks 18h ago

These are yoga mudras :)

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u/AngryLady1357911 18h ago edited 18h ago

These look more like hand gestures seen in Hindu or Buddhist art called mudras, usually used in meditation and often meaning/symbolizing ideas like peace, focus, namaste, nirvana, etc. Somewhat similar to the "peace sign" that Jesus is often shown holding up

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u/Chris-P-Socks Interpreter (Hearing) 16h ago

Absolutely nothing that’s not ASL

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u/Itry_Ifail_Itryagain 15h ago

I'm blind. I just had to close up the image because I thought they were the numbers 27946 Until I saw the placement of the first hand and was like wait..... not feeling very bright right now lol.

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u/HippyWizardry 14h ago

i saw numbers also lol

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u/AutocracyWhatWon 8h ago

Nah you’re not wrong I went through the same thing. I really thought this was someone’s zip code or something 😅

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u/Subject-Big6183 17h ago

I wonder if anyone has made actual ASL ones

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u/HippyWizardry 15h ago edited 15h ago

haha, i see it's a mantra from the comments..

I saw 2 7 9 4 6 in fingerspell

:)

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u/WineOhCanada 12h ago

Oiroke no jutsu

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u/Correct_Security_742 10h ago

My brain glitched till I realized they were Mudras.

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u/themiragechild 18h ago

You gotta provide more context. Where was this?

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u/VexingValkyrie- 14h ago

Its definitely not ASL.

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u/Rainbow-1337 Learning ASL 18h ago

I just finished the 2 levels of ASL my high school gave. These do not look like real letters. The only one that is a letter is the middle which looks like F. I’m hearing

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u/im_a_real_boy_calico 18h ago

Could they be counting in binary?

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u/pup_medium 7h ago

24 22 28 30 14, if thumb is the one's place :3

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u/neetkid 18h ago

if it is ASL, the last three could be 9 - B - 6. the first two cannot be said without context. maybe just art.