different between iconography vs mudra

English

Etymology

From icon +? -o- +? -graphy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -????fi

Noun

iconography (countable and uncountable, plural iconographies)

1. A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.
2. The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons.

3. The study of representative art in general.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• mudr?

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mudr?, “seal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu??d???/, /m??d???/
• ,
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

mudra (plural mudras)

1. (dance, art) Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist iconography.
   • 1996, Victor Pelevin, Crystal World (1994); translated from Russian by Andrew Bromfield.

     The king of creation would not have curved his palm into the likeness of a Hindu mudra in an attempt to protect the tiny launching pad on his thumbnail from the dank wind.

2. (Hinduism) Any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.
   • 1915, Swami Swatmarama, Hatha Yoga Pradipika (14th c.), translated by Pancham Sinh.

     The Kechari Mudra is accomplished by thrusting the tongue into the gullet, by turning it over itself, and keeping the eyesight in the middle.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:mudra.

Translations

See also

• asana
• wai

Anagrams

• Murad, mudar

Czech

Noun

mudra f

1. mudra

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mudr?, “seal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mud.ra/
• Hyphenation: mud?ra

Noun

mudra

1. (Hinduism) Any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.

Further reading

• “mudra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mudra/

Adjective

mudra

1. feminine nominative singular of mudry

Norwegian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (mudr?, “seal”).

Noun

mudra n (definite singular mudraet, indefinite plural mudraer, definite plural mudraene)

1. mudra

Portuguese

Noun

mudra m or f (in variation) (plural mudras)

1. (dance, art) mudra (symbolic hand postures used in India)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mudra f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. mudra