mudra
(mudrā ; मुद्रा)
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In Sanskrit, “seal, sign.” In Hinduism and Buddhism, a stylized and symbolic gesture, especially one involving the hands and the fingers. |
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In Sanskrit, “seal, sign”; in Hinduism and Buddhism, a stylized and symbolic gesture, especially one involving the hands and the fingers, often seen in iconography and sacred dance and employed in meditation as a vehicle for inducing a particular state of consciousness. |
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Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life |
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