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ID: 300386143
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300386143

 

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

 

Note: Symbolic gesture of the body, often particularly focused on the hand and fingers, used in in Indian dance, Hindu and Buddhist ritual, ceremonies, and art, and other contexts. Also used in yoga, meditation, and other activities. Types of mudra represent various concepts, such as reassurance or meditation. These symbolic or ritual hand positions have deep roots in Indic religious tradition. Types of mudra in sculpture and other visual arts are relatively restricted in number, given that movement is necessarily not incorporated.
 
Terms:
mudra (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,B)
mudras (C,U,English,AD,U,PN)
mudrā (C,U,English,UF,L,U)
mudrā (Sanskrit (transliterated),UF,U,U)
mudrās (C,U,English,UF,L,U)
moodra (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
yin (gesture) (C,U,English,UF,L,N)
yin (gesture) (Chinese (transliterated),UF,U,U)
mudra's (C,U,Dutch-P,D,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)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Letterlijke een zegel of gebaar: symbolische handgebaren in het hindoeïsme en boeddhisme, gebruikt in ceremonies, dans, beeldhouwkunst en schilderkunst. De gebaren staan voor concepten, zoals geruststelling of meditatie. 

Sources and Contributors:
moodra............  [VP]
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
mudrā............  [VP]
..............  Doniger, Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions (1999)
mudra............  [VP Preferred]
..............  Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) 240 ff.
..............  Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003)
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
..............  Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian [online] (2003-)
..............  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) 450 for "gesture," sh 85054727
..............  Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
..............  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003)
..............  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
mudras............  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
mudra's............  [AAT-Ned Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  UvA Talen
mudrās............  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 21 May 2013
.................  Glossary of Indian Art and Archaeology (1995) 74
.................  Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985) 723
yin (gesture)............  [VP]
..........................  Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) 233, 240
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016)
.......... Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access [online] (2003)
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......... Huntington, Art of Ancient India (1985)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Dutch .......... [AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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