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ID: 300404647
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300404647

 

Record Type: concept
vajrahunkara mudra (mudra, gesture, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Hand gesture meaning the syllable "hum." The hands and wrists are crossed in front of the chest; the right hand holds a vajra and the left holds a ghanta, symbolizing the union of male and female, skill and wisdom.
 
Terms:
vajrahunkara mudra (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
vajrahunkara mudra (Dutch-P,D,L,U)
vajrahūṅkāra mudrā (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
vajrahunkara-mudra (C,U,English,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  B.BM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Associated Concepts Facet
Associated Concepts Facet
Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of multidisciplinary concepts
........ multidisciplinary concepts (G)
Hierarchy of body position
............ body position (G)
Hierarchy of gesture
................ gesture (G)
Hierarchy of mudra
.................... mudra (G)
Hierarchy of vajrahunkara mudra
........................ vajrahunkara mudra (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Handgebaar dat staat voor de lettergreep 'hum'. De handen en polsen zijn voor de borst gekruist; de rechterhand houdt een vajra vast en de linkerhand een ghanta, als symbool van de vereniging van mannelijk en vrouwelijk, van vaardigheid en wijsheid.  

Sources and Contributors:
vajrahunkara mudra............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1958)
...................................  Mishra, History of Buddhist Iconography in Bihar (1992)
...................................  Vessantara, Meeting the Buddhas (1993)
vajrahūṅkāra mudrā............  [VP]
...................................  Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985) 729
vajrahunkara-mudra............  [VP]
...................................  Donaldson, Iconography of the Buddhist Sculpture of Orissa (2001)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Internetbron, AAT-Ned http://www.stichtingmilijuli.org/oud/Glossary/GlossaryV.htm
............  UvA Talen
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985) 729
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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