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  mudra (in iconography)

 

Mudras are used in khon (fig.) as well as in Buddhist iconography, like this bhumisparsa or maravijaya mudra of a Buddha image from Wat Mahathat in Sukhothai. See also abhaya vitarka, dhammachakka, dhyani, and samaddhi.

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