English

Sculpture detail showing use of mudra (1)

Alternative forms

• mudrā

Noun

mudra ‎(plural mudras)

1. (dance, art) Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist iconography.
   • 1996 — Victor Pelevin, Crystal World (1994); translated from Russian by Andrew Bromfield.

     The king of creation would not have curved his palm into the likeness of a Hindu mudra in an attempt to protect the tiny launching pad on his thumbnail from the dank wind.

2. (Hinduism) Any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.
   • 1915 — Swami Swatmarama, Hatha Yoga Pradipika (14th c.), translated by Pancham Sinh.

     The Kechari Mudra is accomplished by thrusting the tongue into the gullet, by turning it over itself, and keeping the eyesight in the middle.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:mudra.

Translations

See also

• asana
• wai

Anagrams

• Murad

Czech

Noun

mudra f

1. mudra

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmudra]

Adjective

mudra

1. nominative singular feminine of mudry

Norwegian

Etymology

From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā) (seal).

Noun

mudra n ‎(definite singular mudraet, indefinite plural mudraer, definite plural mudraene)

1. mudra

Portuguese

Noun

mudra m or f (in variation) (plural mudras)

1. (dance, art) mudra (symbolic hand postures used in India)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mudra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling мудра)

1. mudra