Mudrās in Buddhist and Hindu practices  -  Fredrick W. Bunce

An Iconographic Consideration

KORTE INHOUD

Mudras occupy an important place in Buddhist and Hindu religious practices as these signify special meanings, associated with specific divinities and rites, which cannot be represented any other way. This book is a dictionary of mudras in Hindu and Buddhist religious practices that lists the various mudras -- deity-centred, rite-centred, yogic-centred, and so on -- illustrating each with a simple drawing drawn generally from the perspective of one holding the mudra. It contains detailed notes that give nume...
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2005 Uitgever: D.K. Printworld 346 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 812460312X ISBN-13: 9788124603123