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• mudrā

語源

From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).

発音

• IPA: /muːˈdɹɑː/, /mʊˈdɹɑː/
• 韻: -ɑː

名詞

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.

引用

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:mudra.

参考

• asana
• wai

アナグラム

• Murad, mudar