Mushtimudra, 惭耻峁ａ弓颈尘耻诲谤腻, Mushti-mudra: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 惭耻峁ａ弓颈尘耻诲谤腻 can be transliterated into English as Mustimudra or Mushtimudra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)
: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts1) 惭耻峁ａ弓颈尘耻诲谤腻 (啶啶粪啶熰た啶啶︵啶班ぞ) refers to one of the fifty-three Mudr膩s (ritual hand gestures) described in chapter 22 (Cary膩p膩da) of the 笔补诲尘补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: the most widely followed of Sa峁僪it膩 covering the entire range of concerns of P膩帽car膩tra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter鈥�箩帽腻苍补, yoga, 办谤颈测腻 and 肠补谤测腻) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.鈥擠escription of the chapter [尘耻诲谤腻濒补办峁峁嘺-惫颈诲丑颈]: Brahm膩 asks the meaning, uses and varieties of 尘耻诲谤腻-gestures. Bhagav膩n says these finger movements are ways to fend off evil and to prevent those taking pleasure in harming others. Furthermore, they please the Lord-so long as they are demonstrated in private (1-5a). He then names and describes 53 尘耻诲谤腻-gestures: [e.g., mu峁ａ弓i尘耻诲谤腻 or 箩帽腻苍补尘耻诲谤腻 (62b-63a)] [...]
2) 惭耻峁ａ弓颈尘耻诲谤腻 (啶啶粪啶熰た啶啶︵啶班ぞ) refers to one of the Mudr膩s (gestures) discussed in chapter 31 of the 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra text comprising some 2200 Sanskrit verses mainly dealing with temple-building, iconography, 辫奴箩腻 (worship procedures), utsava (festivities) and 辫谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补 (expiatory measures).鈥擠escription of chapter [尘耻诲谤腻-vidh膩na]: As a part of worship [辫奴箩腻峁単a], it is ordained in the 艣腻蝉迟谤补蝉 that certain 尘耻诲谤腻-gestures be done to please the gods (1). The ones listed and described are [e.g., 惭耻峁ａ弓颈尘耻诲谤腻] [...]. When some of these are to be used in the worship of God is given (49b-58).
3) 惭耻峁ａ弓颈尘耻诲谤腻 (啶啶粪啶熰た啶啶︵啶班ぞ) is the name of a Mudr膩 (鈥渞itual hand-gestures鈥�) mentioned in in chapter 13 of the 痴颈艣惫腻尘颈迟谤补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra text comprising some 2600 Sanskrit verses covering topics such as initiation (诲墨办峁Ｄ�) and the construction, decoration and consecration of temples and icons, as well as routines of regular and special worship cycles.鈥擠escription of the chapter [尘耻诲谤腻-adhy膩ya]: K膩艣yapa asks what are the various types of 尘耻诲谤腻-gestures, and Vi艣v膩mitra complies by first defining 尘耻诲谤腻 as that by seeing which one derives pleasure (鈥�mu-鈥�) and then by counseling that whoever practices these 尘耻诲谤腻s must do so in secrecy (1-6). Thereupon he names and briefly describes how to perform a number of 尘耻诲谤腻s [e.g., mu峁ａ弓i尘耻诲谤腻]
4) 惭耻峁ａ弓颈尘耻诲谤腻 (啶啶粪啶熰た啶啶︵啶班ぞ) refers to one of the 81 Mudr膩s (hand-gestures) described in chapter 2 of the 峁氠梗ir膩tra section of the 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: an encyclopedic Sanskrit text written in over 3500 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as yoga, temple-building, consecration ceremonies, initiation and dhanurveda (martial arts).鈥擺Cf. the chapter 尘耻诲谤腻-lak峁峁嘺].
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Mushti, Mudra.
Full-text: Mushti, Ishana, Yama, Jnanamudra.
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