[muh-drah] 
| 1. | Hinduism, Buddhism. any of a series of arm and hand positions expressing an attitude or action of the deity. |
| 2. | any of various similar gestures used in India's classical dancing to represent specific feelings. |
| mu·dra (mə-drä') n. A series of symbolic body postures and hand movements used in East Indian classical dancing. [Sanskrit mudrā, seal, mystery, mudra, from Iranian *mudrā, perhaps ultimately from Akkadian musarû, mušarû, object bearing a royal inscription, from Sumerian mu-sar : mu, name, fame + sar, to write.] |