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Mudra vs Mudar - What's the difference?

mudra | mudar |

As nouns the difference between mudra and mudar

is that mudra is (dance|arts) any of several formal symbolic hand postures used in classical dance of india and in hindu and buddhist iconography while mudar is (plant) either of two milkweed-like shrubs, which yield a strong fibre and an acrid milky juice used medicinally:.

mudra

English

(wikipedia mudra)

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (dance, arts) 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.
  • (Hinduism) Formal body positions and postures used in yoga and meditation.
  • * 1915 — Swami Swatmarama, (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

    * (English Citations of "mudra")

    See also

    * asana * wai

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    mudar

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (plant) Either of two milkweed-like shrubs, which yield a strong fibre and an acrid milky juice used medicinally:
  • # Calotropis gigantea
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