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mudra

[ muh-drah ]

noun

  1. Hinduism, Buddhism. any of a series of arm and hand positions expressing an attitude or action of the deity.
  2. any of various similar gestures used in India's classical dancing to represent specific feelings.


mudra

/ məˈdrɑː /

noun

  1. any of various ritual hand movements in Hindu religious dancing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mudra1

First recorded in 1805–15, mudra is from the Sanskrit word mudrā sign
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mudra1

Sanskrit, literally: sign, token
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Example Sentences

Some regard the chakra mudra as sufficient on occasions of emergency.

She is then purified by the recitation of many mantras and texts, and by the performance of the mudra or gesticulations.

There are no less than sixty-four thousand different sorts of Mudra prescribed in the Tantras.

In such cases, a single mudra mark, containing all the five mudras, is made to suffice.

His right hand is in the Chumisparsa mudra (pose) touching the earth in front of the right knee—“I swear by the earth.”

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