History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.275

v7.c92.275

In the Tāntrik texts (Vol. I. pp. 46–47) there is a nighaṇṭu (a glossary or enumeration) of mudrās with names and definitions, where it is stated that nine mudrās (*āvāhanī* and others) are common (i. e. capable of being employed in any worship); and then are enumerated mudrās specially appropriate to Viṣṇu worship (19 in all viz. Śaṅkha, Cakra, Gadā, Padma, Veṇu, Śrīvatsa, Kaustubha, Vanamālā, Jñāna, Vidyā, Garuḍa, Nārasiṁhī, Vārāhī, Hayagrīvī, Dhanuṣ, Bāṇa, Paraśu, Jagan-mohinī, Vāmā; ten of Śiva (Liṅga, Yoni, Triśūla, Akṣamālā, Abhīti i. e. abhaya, Mṛga, Asikā, Khaṭvāṅga (a club with a skull at the top), Kapāla, Ḍamaru; one of the Sun (viz Padma); seven of Gaṇeśa (Danta, Pāśa, Aṅkuśa, Avighna, Paśu, Ladduka, Bījapūra (i. e. a citron).¹⁸³⁹