Mogao Cave 17: Mudras
Line drawing on paper
Mogao Cave 17: Mudras
Mogao Cave 17: Mudras
CHINA, Gansu, Dunhuang; Tang dynasty
This late 9th century artwork depicts hands forming various mudras with simply drawn ink lines. The 38 mudras are mostly displayed in columns of three, although some columns contain a standing or seated figure, and one column shows four mudras. Simple and clear, it is an effective instructional diagram for teaching practitioners how to form the different hand mudras.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, page 645.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Mogao Cave 17: Mudras." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, vol. 15, 2016, pp. 645.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Mogao Cave 17: Mudras" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O, 15:645.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Mogao Cave 17: Mudras. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting I-O (Vol. 15, pp. 645).
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