# mudra
## English
### Alternative forms

* mudrā

### Etymology

From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /muːˈdɹɑː/, /mʊˈdɹɑː/
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* Rhymes: -ɑː

### Noun

mudra (plural mudras)
* (dance, art) Any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of India and in Hindu and Buddhist iconography.
** 1996 [1994], Andrew Bromfield, Crystal World, translation of original by Victor Pelevin: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.
** 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 109:For the next few minutes, the audience had sat mesmerized as the sisters performed, fingertips joining and parting in mudras, eyebrows quivering.
* (Hinduism) Any of the formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.
** 1915 [14th century], Pancham Sinh., Hatha Yoga Pradipika, translation of original by Swami Swatmarama: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
* mudra

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mud.ra/
* Hyphenation: mud‧ra

### Noun

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

### Further reading

* “mudra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmudra/

### Adjective

mudra
* feminine nominative singular of mudry

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā, “seal”).

### Noun

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

## Portuguese
### Noun

mudra m or f (plural mudras)
* (dance, art) mudra (symbolic hand postures used in India)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

mudra f (Cyrillic spelling мудра)
* mudra

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

mudra
* inflection of mudar:
** feminine nominative/vocative singular
** indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
** indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
** neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Spanish
### Noun

mudra m (plural mudras)
* (Hinduism) mudra

### Further reading

* “mudra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* mudrakels

### Etymology

Alteration of Spanish madre or English mother. See also madre.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmudɾa/ [ˈmud̪.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -udɾa
* Syllabification: mud‧ra

### Noun

mudra (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇ᜔ᜇ) (gay slang)
* mother
    Synonyms: ina, nanay

#### See also

* pudra

### Further reading

* Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 96