Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.213
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s2.213
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This broad division of the Mudrās, to my mind, comprises the whole kingdom of the Mudrās. Sri R. K. Poduval, however, distinguishes between ‘three broad divisions of Mudrās, viz. Vedic, Tāntric and Laukika, (cf. his “Mudrās in art”). All these have been ably examined and dealt with by Dr. J. N. Bannerjea in his learned book the ‘Development of Hindu Iconography’. Dr. Bannerjea has also done a singular service to the advancement of this particular branch of Indology by a study of these Mudrās in relation to their illustration in monuments. Let us first take the Hasta Mudrās:—