History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.298

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¹⁸⁵⁰ वरदाभयमुद्रे च वरदाभयवत् प्रिये। ज्ञानार्णवतन्त्र IV. 39, the Vara and Abhaya mudrās are defined in Jayākhyasaṁhitā VIII. 104-5 as follows: सुस्पष्टं दक्षिणं हस्तं स्वात्मनस्तु पराङ्मुखम्। पराङ्मुखं लम्बमानं वामपाणिं प्रकल्पयेत्। क्रमाद्वराभयाख्यं तु द्वयं मुद्राद्वयं द्विज!, विज्ञेयं लोकपालानामिन्द्रादीनां समासतः. See 'Buddha and the Gospel of Buddha' by A Coomaraswamy (London 1916) p. 262 for a Bhūmisparśa-mudrā from Ceylon (of 18th century A. D.) and 'Buddhist Art in India' by Prof Grünwedel tr by Agnes C. Gibson, figure 126 p. 178 for Bhūmisparśamudrā (of Buddha) and pp 38 and 330 (of Coomaraswamy's work) for Dharmacakramudrā respectively of Gupta period and from Gandhāra (1st or 2nd century A. D ) and Dr. B. Bhattacharya's 'Buddhist Iconography' plate XXVIII for the same Vide 'Serpent Power' by A Avalon (5th edition, 1953 pp 480 and 488) for illustrations of Yogimudrā in Siddhāsana and Mahāmudrā respectively as practised by modern practitioners of yoga In the Memoirs of Arch S. I No 66 plate XIII (g) has Abhayamudrā of standing Buddha and 'Buddhist Art in India' (above) p 192 has Abhayamudrā of Maitreya from a relief in Swat, while in V. A. Smith's 'History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon' (ed. of 1930) plate 113 shows Buddha seated in Abhayamudrā from Java Vide N. K. Bhattasalı's 'Iconography of Buddhist and Brahmanical sculptures in the Dacca Museum' (1929) plate VIII opposite p 30 for a fine Bhūmisparśa mudrā of Buddha and pp. 56 and 57 plates XX and XXI for Varada mudrās (right hand).