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How to count Adi Tala Laghu: starts from a beat with finger counts
1 clap 5 clap Drutam: fixed movment, a clap and a wave of the hand
6 wave drutam
2 little finger count Anadrutam: just one clap
chaturasra Laghu 7 clap
3 ring finger count

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8 wave drutam
4 middle finger count

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tisra three beats

chaturasra 4 beats

D D D D
Ta - one beat Ta ki ta ta ka dhim mi
Ta ka - two beats 3

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kanda 5 beats misra 7 beats sankirna 9 beats

ta di ki na thom ta ki ta ta ka dhim mi ta ka dhim mi ta ka ta ki ta
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D D EE 7 9

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The above is a simplification. For example misra can be represented as any ot he following

7 beats 7 beats 7 beats

!E 7 3 3
! 3E E D
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ta ki ta ta ka dhim mi ta ki ta ta ka dhim mi ta ki ta ta ka dhim mi

Any of the above can exist in any rhythmic permutations for example.
Kanda can be said in crotchets , quavers, triplets, semiquavers, crotchet triplets whole notes etc.etc.
Every exercise you say should be done in Tala including hand claping.

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Ta ki ta Ta ki ta Ta ki ta Ta ki ta tisra ca be represented as semiquavers