Mudras in Buddhist and Hindu Practices: An Iconographic Consideration
Bunce, Fredrick W.
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Book ID : 26778
ISBN-10 : 81-246-0312-X / 812460312X
ISBN-13 : 978-81-246-0312-3 / 9788124603123
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2017
Edition : (Third Impression)
Language : English
xxx, 346p., 715 Line Drawings, App., Bib., 29 cm. (First pub. in 2005)
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Mudras occupy an important place in Buddhist and Hindu religious practices as these signify special meanings, associated with specific divinities and rites, which cannot be represented any other way. This book is a dictionary of Mudras in Hindu and Buddhist religious practices that lists the various mudras - deity-centered, rite centered, yogic centered and so on-illustrating each with a simple drawing drawn generally from the perspective of one holding the mudra. It contains details notes that give numerous reference to literary and other sources that reveal a lot about the mudras-their description in the texts, rites associated with the mudras in the text as well as the varied interpretation of the number of mudras in the different texts.
