Definitions for mudras

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mudras mu·dra

Spelling: [muh-drah]

IPA: /məˈdrɑ/

Mudras is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in mudras (admrsu).

Definitions for mudras

noun

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

Origin of mudras

First recorded in 1805-15, mudra is from the Sanskrit word mudrā sign

Examples for mudras

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

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