Word: mudra
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...religions from Asia, particularly Buddhism. In one painting on cloth, Qianlong sits cross-legged in Buddhist dress, surrounded by religious iconography. He holds the wheel of teaching - the traditional Buddhist symbol - in his left hand and, with his right, forms his thumb and forefinger into the classical discussion mudra, or gesture. The show also documents the gradual influence of Western art on Chinese painting - mainly Castiglione's introduction of light and shadow, focal point and perspective. The Jesuits brought art and science to the Qing court, but didn't make many converts. The curators have brilliantly juxtaposed many...
Among India's many primitive sects, one of the strangest is the orgiastic Shakta. The five elements of Shakta worship are madya (liquor), mamsa (meat), matsya (fish), mudra (grain), and maithuna (sexual intercourse), and it has long been their custom to worship the Hindu goddess Shakti by seeking unity of body and soul in communal sex rites. Such is kanchalia dharam, the ceremony of the blouse...
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