mudra

• mudrā

From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).

• IPA^(key): /muːˈdɹɑː/, /mʊˈdɹɑː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

mudra (plural mudras)

1. (dance, art) Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist iconography.
   • 1996 [1994], Andrew Bromfield, Crystal World, translation of original by Victor Pelevin:

     The king of creation would not have curved his palm into the likeness of a Hindu mudra in an attempt to protect the tiny launching pad on his thumbnail from the dank wind.

   • 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 109:

     For the next few minutes, the audience had sat mesmerized as the sisters performed, fingertips joining and parting in mudras, eyebrows quivering.

2. (Hinduism) Any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.
   • 1915 [14th century], Pancham Sinh., Hatha Yoga Pradipika, translation of original by Swami Swatmarama:

     The Kechari Mudra is accomplished by thrusting the tongue into the gullet, by turning it over itself, and keeping the eyesight in the middle.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:mudra.

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• wai

• Murad, mudar

• IPA^(key): [ˈmudra]

mudra f

1. mudra

From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).

• IPA^(key): /mud.ra/
• Hyphenation: mud‧ra

mudra

1. (Hinduism) any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation

• “mudra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmudra/

mudra

1. feminine nominative singular of mudry

From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).

mudra n (definite singular mudraet, indefinite plural mudraer, definite plural mudraene)

1. mudra

mudra m or f (plural mudras)

1. (dance, art) mudra (symbolic hand postures used in India)

mudra f (Cyrillic spelling мудра)

1. mudra

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mudra (Cyrillic spelling мудра)

1. inflection of mudar:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

• IPA^(key): /ˈmudɾa/ [ˈmu.ð̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -udɾa
• Syllabification: mu‧dra

mudra m (plural mudras)

1. (Hinduism) mudra

• “mudra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• mudrakels

Alteration of Spanish madre or English mother. See also madre.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmudɾa/ [ˈmud̪.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -udɾa
• Syllabification: mud‧ra

mudra (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ) (gay slang)

1. mother

   Synonyms: ina, nanay

• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 96