Gati (gait)
The way a person walks. The texts praise a gait like an elephant's, a bull's, a lion's or a swan's. Gait changes with health, age and disability, so it is never used to judge anyone.
- Samudrika Shastra
- हिंदी: गति
What is the rule behind Gati?
The texts praise a gait like an elephant's, a bull's, a lion's or a swan's, and find a hurried or unsteady gait less fortunate. Gait changes with health, age and disability, so it is never used to judge a person.
Source: Brihat Samhita
Where can you learn about Gati?
Gati is taught in RishiSetu’s Samudrika Shastra course, inside the app, one idea at a time with practice after each.
Related terms
- Svara (voice)The voice. The texts praise one that is deep and resonant like a rain cloud or a drum. A voice changes with age, illness and shyness, so a reader quotes the texts and reads no fortune from it.
- Kambu-grivaA neck like a conch with three soft lines, as the texts and poets describe gods and heroes.
- BimbaA red fruit to which the texts liken praised lips.
- AjanubahuLong arms that reach the knees, the arms poets give Rama. A heroic ideal, never a measure of a person.
- UshnishaThe rounded crown of Buddha images, one of the Buddhist 32 marks. The Hindu texts praise a head shaped like a parasol (chhatra).
- Pada rekha (signs on the soles)The lotus, wheel, fish and conch on the soles, the same signs the texts look for on the palms, as in the footprints of Vishnu and the Buddha in art.
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What does Gati mean in Samudrika Shastra?
The way a person walks. The texts praise a gait like an elephant's, a bull's, a lion's or a swan's. Gait changes with health, age and disability, so it is never used to judge anyone. The texts praise a gait like an elephant's, a bull's, a lion's or a swan's, and find a hurried or unsteady gait less fortunate. Gait changes with health, age and disability, so it is never used to judge a person.
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