Kiritamudra, 碍颈谤墨峁璦尘耻诲谤腻, Kirita-mudra: 2 definitions
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In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 5碍颈谤墨峁璦尘耻诲谤腻 (啶曕た啶班啶熰ぎ啷佮う啷嵿ぐ啶�) or simply Kir墨峁璦 is the name of a 尘耻诲谤腻 described in the 莫艣varasa峁僪it膩 24.23-24.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he two hands should be formed to resemble a bud and placed on the head uttering the (concerned) mantra. This is to be known as kir墨峁璦尘耻诲谤腻, resembling ten thousand suns (in splendour)鈥�. M奴dra (e.g., 碍颈谤墨峁璦尘耻诲谤腻) is so called as it gives joy to the tattvas in the form of karman for those who offer spotless worship, drive out the defects which move about within and without and sealing up of what is done.
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts碍颈谤墨峁璦尘耻诲谤腻 (啶曕た啶班啶熰ぎ啷佮う啷嵿ぐ啶�) is the name of a Ritual Hand-gesture (尘耻诲谤腻), discussed in the twenty-fourth chapter of the 莫艣varasa峁僪it膩 (printed edition), a P膩帽car膩tra work in 8200 verses and 24 chapters dealing with topics such as routines of temple worship, major and minor festivals, temple-building and initiation.鈥擠escription of the chapter [尘耻诲谤腻-lak峁峁嘺-bhagavaddhy膩na-膩di-prak膩ra]: N膩rada tells how one prepares himself for the practice of 尘耻诲谤腻-gestures鈥攚ashing the hands with sandal-paste, doing certain exercises with the fingers, ritually touching the chest with the thumbs and forefingers of both hands, executing certain motions with the palms joined, etc. (3-11). Different 尘耻诲谤腻-gestures are named and described (12-72): [e.g., kir墨峁璦尘耻诲谤腻 (24a)] [...]
Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
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Partial matches: Mudra, Kirita.
Full-text: Kirita.
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