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mudra

See also: mudrā and múdra

English

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /muːˈdɹɑː/, /mʊˈdɹɑː/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

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mudra (plural mudras)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.

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Anagrams

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Czech

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Noun

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mudra f

  1. mudra

Declension

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Declension of mudra (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative mudra mudry
genitive mudry muder
dative mudře mudrám
accusative mudru mudry
vocative mudro mudry
locative mudře mudrách
instrumental mudrou mudrami

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mud.ra/
  • Hyphenation: mud‧ra

Noun

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mudra

  1. (Hinduism) Any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.

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Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mudra

  1. feminine nominative singular of mudry

Norwegian

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).

Noun

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mudra n (definite singular mudraet, indefinite plural mudraer, definite plural mudraene)

  1. mudra

Portuguese

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Noun

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mudra m or f (plural mudras)

  1. (dance, art) mudra (symbolic hand postures used in India)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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mudra f (Cyrillic spelling мудра)

  1. mudra

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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mudra

  1. inflection of mudar:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Spanish

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Noun

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mudra m (plural mudras)

  1. (Hinduism) mudra

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Alteration of Spanish madre or English mother. See also madre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mudra (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ) (gay slang)

  1. mother
    Synonyms: ina, nanay

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Further reading

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  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 96
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