Crossword clues for mudra
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context dance arts English) Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist iconography. 2 (context Hinduism English) Formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.
alt. (alternative spelling of mudra English) n. (alternative spelling of mudra English)
WordNet
n. ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing
Wikipedia
A mudra (; Sanskrit , "seal", "mark", or "gesture"; THL chakgya) is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism. While some mudras involve the entire body, most are performed with the hands and fingers. A mudrā is a spiritual gesture and an energetic seal of authenticity employed in the iconography and spiritual practice of Indian religions.
One hundred and eight mudras are used in regular Tantric rituals.
In yoga, mudras are used in conjunction with pranayama (yogic breathing exercises), generally while seated in Padmasana, Sukhasana or Vajrasana pose, to stimulate different parts of the body involved with breathing and to affect the flow of prana in the body.
Mudra is the unique signature of a Carnatic music composer, which is woven into some or all of their respective compositions. Not all composers have mudras, and they do not necessarily relate to the composer's name.
- Tallapaka Annamayya - Venkata
- Purandara Dasa - Purandara Vitthala
- Kanaka Dasa - Kaginele Adi Keshava
- Tyagaraja - Tyagaraja
- Syama Shastri - Syama Krishna
- Muthuswami Dikshitar - Guruguha
- Swati Tirunal - Padmanabha/Pankajanabha
- Bhadrachala Ramadas - Ramadasu
- Papanasam Sivan - Ramadasan
- Gopalakrishna Bharathi - Gopalakrishnan
- Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar - Harikesha
- Narayana Teertha - Narayana Teertha
- Patnam Subramania Iyer - Venkateshwara
- Mysore Vasudevacharya - VasudevA
- Mysore V Ramarathnam - '' rAma ''
- M. D. Ramanathan - Varada dasa
- M. Balamuralikrishna - Hari and Murali
- Maharajapuram Santhanam - Maharajan
- Koteeswara Iyer - Kavi Kunjara dasa
- Kshetrayya - Muvva Gopala
- Sadashiva Brahmendra swami - Paramahamsa
Mudra is a 1989 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sibi Malayil, starring Mammootty and Madhu in the lead roles.
Usage examples of "mudra".
In the elevator, he let his hands run through a prayer mudra that the Church had adapted from Buddhism.
So he stood up from the meditative mudra and began making a tour of inspection.
The other was in July, when von Mudra came down from Berlin to see me.
The Voice sat cross-legged on her mat, her fingers in the jnana mudra, the headnet covering her skull.
But she looked at him soberly, and her fingers formed a mudra he could not read.
Hathayoga without a Guru and had begun with Khechari Mudra, Tratak and Uddiyan accompanied by Kapal Bhati Pranayama and ended by being sick.
In Khechari Mudra the lower connecting link of the tongue is to be cut.
I dropped to the lotus position, formed the mudra of the compassionate Buddha with my fingers, and lickity-split was on the sitting-still road to oneness with allthatness.
A real lohan is a saintly monk who has given up the ghost while seated in the meditative mudra.