Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

mudrā मुद्रा – seal; mudrā

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

seal; mudrā

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

mudrā ·f. seal, seal-ring, ring i.g., stamp, print, mark, impression; shutting, closing, lock, mystery.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

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mudrā mudrā, f. a seal or any instrument used for sealing or stamping, a seal-ring, signet-ring [cf. aṅguli-m˚], any ring; the stamp or impression made by a seal, &c., any stamp, print, impression, mark, form, (mudrāṃ dā, to set or affix a seal to anything); type, lithograph; a stamped coin, cash; any coin or piece of money, a rupee; a medal; an image, sign, badge, token (especially a token of divine attributes impressed upon the body); shutting, closing (e. g. oṣṭha-mudrā, closing of the lips, sealed lips); a mystery; a general N. for certain positions or intertwinings of the fingers commonly practised in devotion or religious worship and held to be symbolical [cf. tarka-m˚]; the natural expres- sion of things by words (in rhetoric), calling things by their right names.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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mudrā́ (wohl von mard) f. UṆĀDIS. 2,13. 1〉 Siegelring, Siegel (sowohl das Petschaft als auch der Abdruck) TRIK. 2,8,29. MBH. 1,5164. imāṃ mudrāṃ tvadaṅgulau niveśayatā mayā ŚĀK. 84,14. ˚sthānaṃ parāmṛśya ŚĀK. 67,19. MĀLAV. 49,11. RĀJA-TAR. 4,416. fg. svamudroparicihnita YĀJÑ. 1,318. mudrāṃ dattvā ein Siegel auflegen Z. d. d. m. G. 14,572,7. mudrayā saha gacchantu rājño ye gantumīpsavaḥ . na cāmudraḥ praveṣṭavyo dvārapālasya paśyataḥ .. HARIV. 14461. na cāmudro 'bhiniryāti na cāmudraḥ praveśyate . vṛṣṇyandhakapuraḥ (so die ed. Bomb.) MBH. 3,654. iti prāyo bhāvāḥ sphuradavadhimudrāmukulitāḥ Spr. 461. strīmudrā jhaṣaketanasya Spr. 3305. Type, Holztype: lekhanyā likhitaṃ viprairmudrābhiraṅkitaṃ ca yat . śilpādinirmitaṃ yacca pāṭhyaṃ dhāryaṃ ca sarvadā .. KHAḌGAMĀLĀTANTRA_im_ŚKDR. unter mudrālipi. — 2〉 Ring überh., z. B. an einem chirurgischen Instrumente VĀGBH. 25,22. — 3〉 Abdruck überh.: tasmiṃstīrthe padmalakṣaṇalakṣitāḥ . adyāpi mudrā dṛśyante MBH. 3,5008. jānumudrādvayaṃ tasyā dṛṣadyadyāpi dṛśyate RĀJA-TAR. 1,336. aśvapada˚ MAHĪDH._zu_VS. 11,23. keyūramudrā gale Spr. 2662. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 23,3. — 4〉 eine geprägte Münze ŚKDR. MOLESW. — 5〉 Abbild, Zeichen; insbes. ein auf den Körper aufgetragenes Zeichen eines göttlichen Attributes u. s. w.: mādyaṃ māṃsaṃ ca matsyaṃ (sic) ca mudrā maithunameva ca . makārapañcakaṃ caiva mahāpātakanāśanam .. WILSON, Sel. Works I, 256 (WILSON fasst das Wort hier in der Bed. 8.). padmamudrāpadāmbuja BHĀG. P. 3,24,17. bandhamudrābhidhānāya ein Zeichen der Gefangenschaft, — Knechtschaft RĀJA-TAR. 4,179. — 6〉 Verschluss: oṣṭha˚ so v. a. geschlossene Lippen UTTARARĀMAC. 114,9. nach dem Schol. = oṣṭhasyākṛtiḥ; vgl. a person as to shape and bulk; a figure or form bei MOLESW. — 7〉 Mysterium: iyaṃ tu śāṃbhavī mudrā guptā kulavadhūriva Verz. d. Oxf. H. 92,a,20. — 8〉 allgemeine Bez. für Fingerstellungen oder Fingerverschlingungen bei religiösen Vertiefungen VYUTP. 120. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 70,a,27. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 94,b,8. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 235,a,20. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 235,a,24. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 236,b,20. WASSILJEW 143. KÖPPEN 1,508. jñānamayī WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 300. bei der Behandlung eines Kranken mit Magie: mudrātantramantradhyānādibhiścopakramya DAŚAK. 73,4. Vgl. u. kūrma 3. — 9〉 in der Rhetorik der schlichte Abdruck der Wirklichkeit in Worten, das Nennen eines Dinges bei seinem wahren Namen: sūcyārthamūcanaṃ mudrā prakṛtārthaparaiḥ padaiḥ . nitambagurvī taruṇī dṛgyugmavipulā ca sā .. KUVALAY. 164,a (KUVALAY. 137,b). Verz. d. Oxf. H. 208,a,36. — Vgl. aṅguli˚, unmudra, tarkamudrā, divasa˚, duryodhanavīryajñāna˚, nāgamudra, nāmamudrā, pāda˚, prati˚, bahirmudrā, mahā˚, vimudra, sa˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

mudrā 8〉 anayā mudrayāpi kṣudropadravā vidrāvyāḥ SARVADARŚANAS. 29,17.

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mudrā bei den Buddhisten Handrechnen SCHIEFNER_in_Bull. de lʼAcad. Imp. des sc. de St. P. 20,383.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

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mudrā f. — 1〉 Siegelring, Siegel (Sowohl das Petschaft als auch der Abdruck) Chr. 213,6. Chr. 213,13. Chr. 214,9. — 2〉 Type, Holztype. — 3〉 Ring überh., z. B. an einem chirurgischen Instrumente. — 4〉 eine geprägte Münze. — 5〉 Abdruck überh. Chr. 114,28. Chr. 115,17. — 6〉 Stempel, so v. a. Zeichen, Kenzeichen NAIṢ. 8,45. Ind. St. 15,349. Typus, Charakter BĀLAR. 241,10. — 7〉 Verschluss, Schloss Spr. 1229. Stöpsel (auf einem Tiegel) BHĀVAPR. 2,89. 101. ākṣṇoḥ so v. a. geschlossene Augen CAṆḌAK. 68,4. ānana˚ so v. a. das Schweigen NAIṢ. 5,37. — 8〉 Mysterium. — 9〉 ein auf den Körper aufgetragenes Zeichen eines göttlichen Attributs u. s. w. — 10〉 allgemeine Bez. für Fingerstellungen oder Fingerverschlingungen bei religiösen Vertiefungen und magischen Verrichtungen KĀRAṆḌ. 74,8. fgg. — 11〉 bei den Buddhisten das Handrechnen. — 12〉 in der Rhetorik der schlichte Abdruck der Wirklichkeit in Worten, das Nennen eines Dinges bei seinem wahren Namen. — 13〉 ein mit der Ueberlieferung übereinstimmender Tanz S. S. S. 252.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

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mudrā [mud-rak] 1 A seal, an instrument for sealing or stamping; especially a seal-ring, signet-ring; anayā mudrayā mudrayainaṃ Mu. 1; nāmamudrākṣarāṇyanuvācya parasparamavalokayataḥ Ś. 1; (fig. also); iti prāyo bhāvāḥ ([Page 0871-a]) sphuradavadhimudrāmukulitāḥ Bh. 2. 114. 2 A stamp, print, mark, impression; catuḥsamudramudraḥ K. 191; siṃdūramudrāṃkitaḥ (bāhuḥ) Gīt. 4. 3 A pass, pass-port (as given by a seal-ring); agṛhītamudraḥ kaṭakāniṣkrāmasi Mu. 5; gṛhītabhudraḥ salekhaḥ puruṣo gṛhītaḥ Mu. 5. 4 A stamped coin, coin, piece of money. 5 A medal. 6 An image, a sign, badge, token. 7 Shutting, closing, sealing; saivauṣṭhamudrā sa ca karṇapāśaḥ U. 6. 27; kṣipannidrāmudrāṃ madanakalahacchedasulabhāṃ Māl. 2. 12 ‘removing the seal of sleep’ &c. 8 A mystery. 9 (In Rhet.) The expression of things by their right names. 10 N. of certain positions of the fingers practised in devotion or religious worship. Comp. — akṣaraṃ 1 a letter of the seal. 2 a type (a modern use). — aṃka, -aṃkita a. stamped with a seal, sealed, stamped. — kāraḥ a maker of seals. — mārgaḥ an opening believed to exist in the crown of the head through which the soul is said to escape at death; cf. brahmaraṃdhra. — yaṃtraṃ a press, a printingpress (a modern formation). — rakṣakaḥ the keeper of the seals. — rākṣasaṃ N. of a drama by Viśākha-datta.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

mudrā f. Siegelring, Siegel, Stempel, Abdruck, Verschluss.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

mudrā mudrā f. sceau, cachet; anneau pour sceller; empreinte d'un sceau. Manière de joindre les mains pendant la prière. mudrāṅkita a. (aṅka) scellé. — S. f. monnaie. mudrikā f. papier marqué d'un sceau. mudrita a. scellé, cacheté, marqué d'un sceau. Non épanoui.

Occurrences in source texts (73)

DYS 5 occurrences
DYS 27–31: Survey of Haṭha 2 occurrences

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DYS 132–134: Mahāmudrā 1 occurrence

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DYS 135: Mahābandha 1 occurrence

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DYS 137: Khecarī 1 occurrence

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HP 39 occurrences
HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 1.55-1.57: Transition to Kumbhaka 2 occurrences

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HP 3.1-3.5: Foundation of Kuṇḍalinī 1 occurrence

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HP 3.6-3.9: Ten Mudrās 2 occurrences

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HP 3.10-3.18: Mahāmudrā 5 occurrences

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HP 3.19-3.25: Mahābandha 2 occurrences

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HP 3.33-3.48*1: Khecarī and Soma 8 occurrences

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HP 3.103-3.107*2: Conclusion of the Mudrā Teaching 6 occurrences

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HP 4.5-4.8: Śāmbhavī and Khecarī 3 occurrences

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HP 4.11*5-4.11*14: Khecarī in Space 7 occurrences

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HP 4.12-4.19: Path of Nāda 1 occurrence

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HP 4.35*1-4.36: Signs of Samādhi 1 occurrence

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SiSa 29 occurrences
SiSa 4.1-4.8: Yonimudrā-Kreislauf 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.9-4.20: Yonimudrā-Geheimnis 6 occurrences

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SiSa 4.21-4.25: Zehn Mudrās 4 occurrences

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SiSa 4.26-4.30: Mahāmudrā-Praxis 2 occurrences

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SiSa 4.31-4.36: Mahāmudrā-Wirkung 2 occurrences

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SiSa 4.43-4.50: Mahāvedha 2 occurrences

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SiSa 4.51-4.59: Khecarīmudrā 5 occurrences

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SiSa 4.64-4.68: Mūlabandha 2 occurrences

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SiSa 4.81-4.90: Bindu-Bewahrung 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.95-4.100: Sahajolī und Amarolī 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.105-4.111: Śakticālana 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.38-5.47: Nāda-Laya 1 occurrence

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