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‖ mudra Hinduism.|mʌˈdrɑː|
Also moodra.
[Skr. mudrā seal, sign, token.]
One of a large number of symbolic hand gestures used in Hindu religious ceremonies and (hence) in Indian dance. Also, a movement or pose in Yoga.
1811W. Ward Acct. Hindoos II. 26 The ceremonies called moodra; the names of the different moodras... Certain motions with the hands and fingers. 1832H. H. Wilson in Asiatick Researches XVII. 224 The performance of the Mudrá, or gesticulations with the fingers, accompanying the different stages of the ceremony. 1877M. Williams Hinduism ix. 127 The term Mudrā is also used in Tāntrism to denote mystical intertwinings of the fingers so as to form symbolical figures. 1899Max Müller Six Syst. Indian Philos. vii. 457, I shall abstain from giving descriptions of the Mudrâs (dispositions of upper limbs). 1917A. Coomaraswamy in Coomaraswamy & Duggirala tr. Mirror of Gesture 8 These poses, chiefly of the hands, are spoken of as mudrās (seals), and are more or less familiar to students of Hindū iconography. 1948G. Venkatachalam Dance in India xv. 125 There is a regular science of the mudras as there is a science of the mantras. 1952L. MacNeice Ten Burnt Offerings 84 He was..A dancer..a clown, With his gags, his mudras, his entrechats. 1960Koestler Lotus & Robot i. iii. 111 The eight siddhis are promised..in remuneration for the more difficult mudras. 1967Singha & Massey Indian Dances ix. 93 According to..a text on Kathakali mudras, there are twenty-four basic hand gestures... The significance of a mudra changes according to the position of the hand. 1970D. Brahmachari Yogasana Vijñana: Sci. of Yoga 3 There is..no Mudrā (pose) like Khecarī Mudrā (Khechari pose) and nothing that absorbs one's self completely like Nāda (sound). 1972R. S. Mishra Fund. Yoga ii. 36 Mudras,..movements of limbs and fingers, etc., according to the circulation of kuṇḍalini force, magnetic force in the body. |