The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.11
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.11
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c25.11
Bhūmisparśa, also called Bhūmisparśana or the Bhūsparśa, is the name of a mudrā. The right hand exhibiting this mudrā has the palm turned inward and the fingers outstretched, with the tips touching the ground. This mudrā should be distinguished from the Varada mudrā in which case tips do not touch the ground and the palm instead of being turned inward is turned outward. The deity showing the Bhūsparśa mudrā must sit in the Vajraparyaṅka attitude.