mudra
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmudra (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
editsymbolic hand postures of India
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editCzech
editNoun
editmudra f
Declension
editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmudra
- (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
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editmudra
Norwegian
editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).
Noun
editmudra n (definite singular mudraet, indefinite plural mudraer, definite plural mudraene)
Portuguese
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editmudra m or f (plural mudras)
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editmudra f (Cyrillic spelling мудра)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editmudra
Spanish
editNoun
editmudra m (plural mudras)
Further reading
edit- “mudra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAlteration of Spanish madre or English mother. See also madre.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmudɾa/ [ˈmud̪.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -udɾa
- Syllabification: mud‧ra
Noun
editmudra (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ) (gay slang)
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