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Title: Mudra: A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture
Author: Saunders, Ernest Dale
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Dimensions: 9.22h x 6.10w x 0.87d
Product Weight: 1.09 lbs.
Language: English
ISBN: 9780691018669

Appearing for the first time in paperback and illustrated with line drawings, diagrams, and 26 half-tone plates, this study of the iconographic aspect of Japanese Buddhist sculpture surveys the significance of eight principal and six secondary hand gestures (mudra), in addition to the postures (asana), such as the "lotus," and the symbolic attributes. A pictorial index helps the reader in identifying the gestures.

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