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Shakti Mudra Psychic gesture of power Tips of little and ring fingers of both hands touching, with middle and index fingers folded. Sometimes, thumb folded towards the palm. Hakini Mudra Hand-steepling or finger-tenting: joining matching fingertips of right and left hands. Prāna Mudra Psychic gesture to activate life force energy
Anjali mudra is performed by pressing the palms of the hands together. The fingers are together with fingertips pointing up. The hands are pressed together firmly and evenly. [8] In the most common form of Anjali mudra, the hands are held at the heart chakra with thumbs resting lightly against the sternum. [8]
The Jñāna mudrā ("mudra of wisdom") is done by touching the tips of the thumb and the index together, forming a circle, and the hand is held with the palm inward towards the heart. [14] The mudra represents spiritual enlightenment in the indian-origin religions. Sometimes sadhus chose to be buried alive in this samadhi position.
In Thailand and Laos, this mudra is associated with the Walking Buddha, often shown having both hands making a double abhayamudra that is uniform. Statue of Vishnu, Berlin, left hand depicting the abhayamudra. The abhayamudra was probably used before the onset of Buddhism as a symbol of good intentions proposing friendship when approaching ...
Pressing hands together with a smile to greet namaste – a common cultural gesture in India. Namaste (Sanskrit pronunciation:, [1] Devanagari: नमस्ते), sometimes called namaskār and namaskāram, is a customary Hindu [2] [3] [4] manner of respectfully greeting and honouring a person or group, used at any time of day. [5]
The palms of your hands can teach you a lot about your past, present, and future. Here, two hand analysts explain the basics of palmistry, from mounts to lines.
The Varadamudra (Sanskrit: वरदमुद्रा, romanized: varadamudrā) or Abheeshta Mudra is a mudra, a symbolic gesture featured in the iconography of Indian religions. It indicates a gesture by the hand and symbolises dispensing of boons. [1] It is represented by the palm held outward, with the fingers outstretched and pointing ...
Mudra is, hokkai-jō-in, "seal of the ring of the Sun, Moon, and Earth." Mantra is, On chirichi iba rotaya sowaka. (Glory to Divine perfection, o'ṃ) 前 (Zen): Hands form a circle, thumbs on top and fingers on the bottom, right hand overlapping left up to the knuckles. Mudra: hobyo-in/ongyo-in "seal of the hidden form, mudra which conceals ...