Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c8.147

v1.c8.147

Among the *mudras*, in the *chin-mudrā*, the tips of the thumb and the forefinger are made to touch each other, so as to form a circle, the other fingers being kept open. The palm of the hand is made to face the front. This is the *mudrā* adopted when an explanation or exposition is being given; hence it is also called *vyākhyāna-mudrā* and *san-darśanamudrā* (see Pl. V, fig. 15).