mudran.

Brit.

/məˈdrɑː/,

/ˈmuːdrə/, U.S.

/məˈdrɑ/,

/ˈmudrə/

Forms: 1800s moodra, 1800s– mudra.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit mudrā.

Etymology: < Sanskrit mudrā seal, stamp, signet ring, token, mode of holding the fingers in religious worship, cognate with Middle Persian, Persian muhr seal, signet ring (see mohur n.). O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives only the pronunciation (mɒdrā·) /mʌˈdrɑː/.

A symbolic movement of the hand and fingers of the kind used in Hindu ceremonies and statuary, Buddhist religious practice, and Indian dance. Also: such a movement or pose used in yoga, meditation, etc.

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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > gesture in Indian dance

mudra1811

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > dance > [noun] > movement in

mudra1811

society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > yoga > position

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1811 W. Ward Acct. Hindoos II. 26 The ceremonies called moodra; the names of the different moodras... Certain motions with the hands and fingers.

1832 H. H. Wilson in Asiatic Researches 17 224 The performance of the Mudrá, or gesticulations with the fingers, accompanying the different stages of the ceremony.

1877 M. 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.

1899 F. M. Müller Six Syst. Indian Philos. vii. 457 I shall abstain from giving descriptions of the Mudrâs (dispositions of upper limbs).

1917 A. K. Coomaraswamy in A. K. Coomaraswamy & G. K. Duggirala tr. Nandikesvara 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.

1948 G. Venkatachalam Dance in India xv. 125 There is a regular science of the mudras as there is a science of the mantras.

1977 Transatlantic Rev. No. 60. 189 Coon had formed his hands into a psychokinetic mudra, and transplanted the cabbie into the back seat.

2000 Yoga May 7/2 On the cover of the latest edition of the Satyananda book, ‘Asanas, Mudras and Bandhas’, is a picture of an apparently etheric body doing Ardha Matsyendrasana (half seated twist).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mudra
释义	mudran. Brit. /məˈdrɑː/, /ˈmuːdrə/, U.S. /məˈdrɑ/, /ˈmudrə/ Forms: 1800s moodra, 1800s– mudra. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit mudrā. Etymology: < Sanskrit mudrā seal, stamp, signet ring, token, mode of holding the fingers in religious worship, cognate with Middle Persian, Persian muhr seal, signet ring (see mohur n.). O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives only the pronunciation (mɒdrā·) /mʌˈdrɑː/. A symbolic movement of the hand and fingers of the kind used in Hindu ceremonies and statuary, Buddhist religious practice, and Indian dance. Also: such a movement or pose used in yoga, meditation, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > gesture in Indian dance mudra1811 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > dance > [noun] > movement in mudra1811 society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > yoga > position lotus throne1785 asana1811 mudra1811 padmasana1811 lotus seat1819 lotus posture1856 lotus position1885 yogasana1894 lotus pose1897 plough1925 lotus1949 half-lotus1958 1811 W. Ward Acct. Hindoos II. 26 The ceremonies called moodra; the names of the different moodras... Certain motions with the hands and fingers. 1832 H. H. Wilson in Asiatic Researches 17 224 The performance of the Mudrá, or gesticulations with the fingers, accompanying the different stages of the ceremony. 1877 M. 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. 1899 F. M. Müller Six Syst. Indian Philos. vii. 457 I shall abstain from giving descriptions of the Mudrâs (dispositions of upper limbs). 1917 A. K. Coomaraswamy in A. K. Coomaraswamy & G. K. Duggirala tr. Nandikesvara 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. 1948 G. Venkatachalam Dance in India xv. 125 There is a regular science of the mudras as there is a science of the mantras. 1977 Transatlantic Rev. No. 60. 189 Coon had formed his hands into a psychokinetic mudra, and transplanted the cabbie into the back seat. 2000 Yoga May 7/2 On the cover of the latest edition of the Satyananda book, ‘Asanas, Mudras and Bandhas’, is a picture of an apparently etheric body doing Ardha Matsyendrasana (half seated twist). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1811
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