Sri Kalahastisa (Huseni) : 'You take the form of air among the five elements and shed effulgence. Gnanaprasunambika is your consort. Thy abode is Dakshina Kailas (Kalahasti) worshipped by hunter Kannappan. (Dikshitar has sung on each of the Panchabhoota kshetras.)

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What are the 12 types of mudras figuring in Carnatic music compositions?
Vaggeyakara Mudra (Svanama mudra & Itaranama mudra)
Raaga Mudra
Tata Mudra
Aachaarya Mudra
Raaja Mudra
Prabandha Mudra
Naayaka Mudra
Sthala or Kshetra Mudra
Vamsa Mudra
Biruda Mudra
Lakshana Grantha Mudra
Ithara Mudras (such as chhandas mudra, samvatsara mudra, bhakthi mudra-9 kinds of bhakthi, chakra mudra-as in the Navavarna kirtanas

What are the 2 types of Vaggeyakaara mudra?
Svanaama Mudra - Composer's own name figures as the mudra
Itaranaama Mudra - Composer uses another name for mudra e.g., Muthuswami Dikshitar - Guruguha

What are the mudras of :
Purandaradasar - Purandara Vitala
Thyagarajar - Thyagaraja
Muthuswamy Dikshitar - Guruguha
Syama Sastri - Syamakrshna
Anai Ayya - Umadasa
Gopalakrishna Barathi - Gopalakrishna, Balakrishna
Maha Vaidyanathar - Guhadaasa
Ramaswamy Sivan - Guhadaasa
Neelakanta Sivan - Neelakantadasa
Veena Kuppaiyer - Gopaladasa
Thiruvotriyur Thyagarajar - Gopaladasa
Kotthavasal Venkatramaiyar - Venkatesa
Patnam Subramani Iyer - Venkatesa
Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbier - Venkatesa
Pallavi Gopala Iyer - Venkatesa
Ramaswamy Dikshitar - Venkata krishna
Karur Devudu Iyer - Garbapuri
Karur Dakshinamurthy - Garbapuri
Mysore Sadasiva Rao - Sadasiva
Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar - Srinivasa
Chengalvaraya Sastri - Chengalvaraya
Muthu Thandavar - NO MUDRA
Arunachala Kavi - NO MUDRA
Papanasam Sivan - Ramadaasa
Koteeswara Iyer - Kavi Kunjaradaasan
Vedanayakam Pillai - Vedanayaka
Mysore Vasudevachar - Vasudeva
Swati Thirunal - Padmanabha, Jalajanabha