mudra
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mudra (plural mudras)
- (dance, art) Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist 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 Hindu mudra in an attempt to protect the tiny launching pad on his thumbnail from the dank wind.
- 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 109:
- For the next few minutes, the audience had sat mesmerized as the sisters performed, fingertips joining and parting in mudras, eyebrows quivering.
- (Hinduism) Any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.
- 1915 [14th century], Pancham Sinh., Hatha Yoga Pradipika, translation of original by Swami Swatmarama:
- 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[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:mudra.
Translations[edit]
symbolic hand postures of India
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Anagrams[edit]
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
mudra f
Declension[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mudra
- (Hinduism) Any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.
Further reading[edit]
- “mudra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
mudra
Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).
Noun[edit]
mudra n (definite singular mudraet, indefinite plural mudraer, definite plural mudraene)
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
mudra m or f (plural mudras)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
mudra f (Cyrillic spelling мудра)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective[edit]
mudra
- inflection of mudar:
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
mudra m (plural mudras)
Further reading[edit]
- “mudra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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