mudra (mudrā ; मुद्रा)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: In Sanskrit, “seal, sign” In Hinduism and Buddhism, a stylized and symbolic gesture, especially one involving the hands and the fingers

Long Description: In Sanskrit, “seal, sign”; in Hinduism and Buddhism, a stylized and symbolic gesture, especially one involving the hands and the fingers, often seen in iconography and sacred dance and employed in meditation as a vehicle for inducing a particular state of consciousness.

Sources: Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life