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A mudra (/ m u ˈ d r ɑː / ⓘ; Sanskrit: मुद्रा, IAST: mudrā, "seal", "mark", or "gesture"; Tibetan: ཕྱག་རྒྱ་, THL: chakgya) is a symbolic or ritual gesture or pose in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. [1] While some mudras involve the entire body, most are performed with the hands and fingers. [2]
[12] [13] A hatha yoga text, the Khecarīvidyā, states that khechari mudrā enables one to raise Kundalini and access various stores of amrita in the head, which subsequently flood the body. [14] The god Shiva, in the same text, gives instructions on how to cut the lingual frenulum as a necessary prerequisite for the khechari mudra practice: [15]
141.12 quintillion years Shirisha (Albizia lebbeck) Matanga and Shanta; or Varanandi and Kali Vidarbha; Soma Shikharji: 10 220 years ago 8 Chandraprabhu: Vijayantadevaloka Chandrawati or Chandrapura; Sammed Shikharji: Mahasena by Lakshmana White Crescent Moon 450 meters 70.56 quintillion years Naga Vijaya and Bhrikuti; or Shyama or Vijaya and ...
In Bharatanatyam, the classical dance of India performed by Lord Nataraja, approximately 48 root mudras (hand or finger gestures) are used to clearly communicate specific ideas, events, actions, or creatures in which 28 require only one hand, and are classified as `Asamyuta Hasta', along with 23 other primary mudras which require both hands and are classified as 'Samyuta Hasta'; these 51 are ...
This is a list of Yoga mudras. In yoga , mudrās are used in conjunction with pranayama (yogic breathing exercises), generally while seated in Padmasana , Ardhasiddhasana , Sukhasana or Vajrasana pose, to stimulate different parts of the body and mind, and to affect the flow of prana in the body.
A scroll painting of Saraha, surrounded by other Mahāsiddhas, probably 18th century and now in the British Museum. The usage and meaning of the term mahāmudrā evolved over the course of hundreds of years of Indian and Tibetan history, and as a result, the term may refer variously to "a ritual hand-gesture, one of a sequence of 'seals' in Tantric practice, the nature of reality as emptiness ...
The Varadamudra (Sanskrit: वरदमुद्रा, romanized: varadamudrā) or Abheeshta Mudra is a mudra, a symbolic gesture featured in the iconography of Indian religions. It indicates a gesture by the hand and symbolises dispensing of boons. [1]
Statue with hands in most common Anjali Mudra position. A Japanese statue of the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta, doing Añjali Mudrā.. Añjali Mudrā (Sanskrit: अञ्जलि मुद्रा) is a hand gesture mainly associated with Indian religions and arts, encountered throughout Asia and beyond.