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ID: 300404648
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300404648

 

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

 

Note: A boon-giving hand-gesture, representing bestowing of gifts. The hand is extended downward with the palm outward, as if offering something to a devotee; an object of offering may be held in the hand.
 
Terms:
varada mudra (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
varada mudra (Dutch-P,D,L,U)
varadamudrā (C,U,English,AD,L,SN)
varadamudrā (Sanskrit (transliterated)-P,AD,SN)
varada mudrā (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

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 varada mudra
........................ varada mudra (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Handgebaar dat staat voor schenking. De hand is neerwaarts gestrekt met de handpalm naar buiten, zoals wanneer iemand iets aanbiedt aan een toegewijde. De hand kan een aangeboden voorwerp bevatten. 

Sources and Contributors:
varada mudra............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......................  Bhattacharyya, Indian Buddhist Iconography (1958)
.......................  Carroll and Carroll, Mudras of India (2012)
.......................  Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian [online] (2003-)
varada mudrā............  [VP]
.......................  Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985) 730
varadamudrā............  [CAA-AIIS Preferred]
.......................  AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
.......................  EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
 
Subject: .....  [CAA-AIIS, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AIIS AAT, contribution from AIIS EITA (2021-)
............  Bulletin Rijksmuseum, Vol.16-17 (1968) 85
............  EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
............  UvA Talen
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... EITA Glossary: North India (1989-)
.......... Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985) 730
.......... Scope Note based on Glossary of EITA (written 2021-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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