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mudra

/muh-drah/US // məˈdrɑ //UK // (məˈdrɑː) //

咒语,咒文

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Hinduism, Buddhism. any of a series of arm and hand positions expressing an attitude or action of the deity.
    • : any of various similar gestures used in India's classical dancing to represent specific feelings.

Examples

  • Some regard the chakra mudra as sufficient on occasions of emergency.

  • She is then purified by the recitation of many mantras and texts, and by the performance of the mudra or gesticulations.

  • There are no less than sixty-four thousand different sorts of Mudra prescribed in the Tantras.

  • In such cases, a single mudra mark, containing all the five mudras, is made to suffice.

  • His right hand is in the Chumisparsa mudra (pose) touching the earth in front of the right knee—“I swear by the earth.”