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Understanding how talanga combines a beat with a specific hand gesture helps you match descriptions to the symbol. Druta signifies a fast, quick beat, and the accompanying marker here indicates an outward wave of the hand. When you’re told “one beat plus waving out of the hand,” this pairing points to the fast-beat unit with the outward hand motion, which is the Druta with the outward gesture, i.e., Druta O.

The other options describe different beat-gesture combinations: Anudritha and Kakapada refer to other patterns with distinct hand motions and timings, while Laghu represents a shorter, more deliberate count with its own gesture. None of those match the exact description of a single quick beat paired with an outward hand wave the way Druta O does.