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The 16 pages that link to Mudra, each with the reason it gives.

• TantraRelated: Hand gestures and ritual seals make tantric rites bodily as well as verbal and visual.

• BharatanatyamRelated: Hand gestures give Bharatanatyam performers a codified vocabulary for objects, actions, and ideas.

• AbhinayaRelated: Hand gestures give performers a compact vocabulary for objects, actions, and ideas.

• KathakRelated: Hand gestures help Kathak performers clarify narrative and expressive meaning.

• OdissiRelated: Hand gestures give Odissi’s lyrical passages specific meanings and images.

• Buddha imageRelated: Hand gestures distinguish teachings and episodes represented in Buddha images.

• Buddhist ritualRelated: Hand positions make ritual meanings visible through the body.

• KathakaliRelated: Kathakali performers use hand signs to communicate words, objects, and actions.

• NāṭyaśāstraRelated: Codified gestures contribute to the treatise’s system of bodily communication.

• Shingon BuddhismRelated: Ritual hand gestures join bodily action to Shingon’s esoteric practice.

• GorakhnathRelated: Hatha Yoga texts associated with Nath practice describe bodily seals as methods of yogic control.

• Hindu artRelated: Hand gestures encode meanings such as protection, teaching, and gift-giving in deity images.

• Big BuddhaRelated: The Buddha’s hand positions communicate meanings within Buddhist visual tradition.