mudra
Symbolic hand position
A mudra is a symbolic hand gesture used in Hindu and Buddhist religious practice, meditation, and classical Indian dance.
Each position of the fingers and hands carries specific meaning—conveying spiritual states, invoking deities, or channeling energy.
In yoga, mudras accompany breathing exercises and meditation: She held her hands in the gyan mudra, thumb and forefinger touching.
Enlightened spiritual founder
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- meditationFocused attention practice
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
bodhisattva · zen · tantra · sangha · mandala · statue · iconography
Yoga body position
- pranayamaYogic breath control technique
- hathaPhysical yoga discipline
- vinyasaBreath-synchronized yoga movements
- kundaliniDormant spinal life force
chakra · namaste · savasana · meditation · prana · yogi · yogini · om
Grasping body part
- fingerHand's grasping extension
- palmHand's flat interior
- symbolicRepresenting through signs
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
sign · position · formation · posture · expression · communication · meaning · intention
kathak
North Indian classical dance
- hastaSpanish for until
Buddha
Enlightened spiritual founder
- dharmaCosmic moral order
- meditationFocused attention practice
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
bodhi · bodhisattva · zen · tantra · sangha · mandala · statue · iconography
asana
Yoga body position
- pranayamaYogic breath control technique
- hathaPhysical yoga discipline
- vinyasaBreath-synchronized yoga movements
kundalini · chakra · namaste · savasana · meditation · prana · yogi · yogini · om · shanti
hand
Grasping body part
seal · sign · position · formation · posture · expression · communication · meaning · intention · energy
puja
Hindu worship ritual
ceremony · offering · temple · deity · shrine · altar · incense · devotion · sacrament · aarti
sculpture
Shaped three-dimensional art
depiction · representation · symbolism · Tibetan · Khmer · Thai · relief · figurine · deity · posture
- Tantric yogaclear light, chakra, prana, kundalini, inner fire
- IndiaDelhi, Ganges, Mumbai, Taj Mahal, Punjab
- yogaasana, asanas, pranayama, yoga class, yoga pose
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- BuddhismBuddha, dharma wheel, Four Noble Truths, nirvana, dharma
- Hindu spiritualityatman, moksha, karma, dharma, yoga
mudrawave
Oscillating motion through medium
fidgeting · nervous tic · twitch · flailing · spasm
mudraspoken word
Poetry delivered aloud
vocalization · speech · verbal expression · mantra · utterance