Sculpture detail showing use of mudra (1) FromSanskrit मुद्रा ( mudrā ,“ seal ” ) .
mudra (plural mudras )
( dance , art ) Any of severalformal symbolic hand postures used in classicaldance ofIndia and inHindu andBuddhist iconography .1996 [1994 ], Andrew Bromfield,Crystal World , translation of original by Victor Pelevin:The king of creation would not have curved his palm into the likeness of a Hindumudra in an attempt to protect the tiny launching pad on his thumbnail from the dank wind.
2023 , Santanu Bhattacharya,One Small Voice , Fig Tree, page109 :For the next few minutes, the audience had sat mesmerized as the sisters performed, fingertips joining and parting inmudras , eyebrows quivering.
( Hinduism ) Any of the formalbody positions and postures used inyoga andmeditation .1915 [14th century], Pancham Sinh.,Hatha Yoga Pradipika , translation of original by Swami Swatmarama:The KechariMudra is accomplished by thrusting the tongue into the gullet, by turning it over itself, and keeping the eyesight in the middle.
symbolic hand postures of India
mudra f
mudra Declension ofmudra (hard feminine reducible )
FromSanskrit मुद्रा ( mudrā ,“ seal ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /mud.ra/ Hyphenation:mud‧ra mudra
( Hinduism ) any of the formalbody positions and postures used inyoga andmeditation mudra
feminine nominative singular ofmudry FromSanskrit मुद्रा ( mudrā ,“ seal ” ) .
mudra n (definite singular mudraet ,indefinite plural mudraer ,definite plural mudraene )
mudra mudra m or f (plural mudras )
( dance , art ) mudra ( symbolic hand postures used in India ) mudra f (Cyrillic spelling мудра )
mudra See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
mudra
inflection ofmudar : feminine nominative / vocative singular indefinite masculine / neuter genitive singular indefinite animate masculine accusative singular neuter nominative / accusative / vocative plural IPA (key ) : /ˈmudɾa/ [ˈmu.ð̞ɾa] Rhymes:-udɾa Syllabification:mu‧dra mudra m (plural mudras )
( Hinduism ) mudra Alteration ofSpanish madre orEnglish mother . See alsomadre .
mudra (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ )( gay slang )
mother Synonyms: ina ,nanay Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993 )Tagalog Slang Dictionary , Manila: De La Salle University Press,→ISBN ,page96