Mahamudra, Maha-mudra, Mahāmudrā: 13 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāmudrā (महामुद्रा):—[(ma + mu)] f.
1) eine best. Stellung der Hände oder Füsse (beim Yoga) [Oxforder Handschriften 235,a,21. 236,b,20.] —
2) eine best. hohe Zahl [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 185.] [Mélanges asiatiques 4, 632.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāmudrā (महामुद्रा):—f. —
1) eine best. Stellung der Hände oder Füsse (im Yoga). —
2) *eine best. hohe Zahl (buddh.).
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Starts with: Mahamudra-adhikrita, Mahamudra-amatya, Mahamudravibhushana.
Ends with: Baddhayonimahamudra.
Full-text (+54): Mudra, Mudrabala, Makamuttirai, Dombipa, Aryadeva, Simhabhadra, Varasena, Vairocanabhadra, Aryavimuktisena, Candrakirti, Sauvarnadvipa, Vinayasena, Atishadipamkara, Manjushri, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Bhadantavimuktisena, Vimuktisena, Vidyakokila, Ajita.
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Search found 21 books and stories containing Mahamudra, Maha-mudra, Mahā-mudrā, Mahāmudrā; (plurals include: Mahamudras, mudras, mudrās, Mahāmudrās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 8 - Later Lineages (vii): Sangs rgyas ras pa < [Book 12 - Peace-Making Lineages]
Book 11 - Mahāmudrā (great seal)
Chapter 2 - The Ma System (rma lugs kyi skabs) < [Book 12 - Peace-Making Lineages]
The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 7 - What these individually maintain < [A. Resolving the view]
1d.3) The particulars of the Sangha jewel < [Part 1 - The causal refuge]
Part 2d - The empowerments that ripen the ground < [B. The explanation of meditation practice, together with its action of ripening and freeing]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 2 - On the description of the Śaktis, etc., of the syllables of Gāyatrī < [Book 12]
Chapter 17 - On the description of Sandhyā and other daily practices < [Book 11]
Book Reviews < [July – September, 1994]
The Way of the White Clouds (by Anāgarika Lāma Govinda)
Chapter 31 - A Message from the Past < [Part 3 - Death and Rebirth]
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