Mudra: A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture

Saunders, Ernest Dale

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.

EAN

9780691018669

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

21 March 1985

Pages

320