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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: Hand gesture representing bestowing of gifts. The hand is extended downward withthe 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)
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
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Bulletin Rijksmuseum, Vol.16-17 (1968) 85
............  UvA Talen
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985) 730
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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