Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c74.s5.20

v2.c74.s5.20

In the previous chapter I have maintained the thesis that Mudrās should not be taken only to denote the poses of the hands, body and the legs and feet alone, but they are also the symbolic representations of the characteristic emblems of the divinities. In this sense all the symbols characteristic of a particular deity can stand for mudrās. Mudrās as poses of the hands, etc. and current in literature are more intimately connected with the Buddhist images. The Brahmaniç images being full of their characteristic emblems, like dresses, ornaments, seats, and conveyances have not been shown with so many intricacies of the mudrās as they are generally understood, by the Indian artists.