Himalayan Art Resources

Subject: Hand Gestures (Buddha)

Hand Gestures Main Page

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Shakyamuni Buddha
- Five Symbolic Buddhas
- Miscellaneous Buddhas

Shakyamuni Buddha - Gestures:
- Right palm facing, left grasping the robes
- Meditation
- Earth Touching
- Turning the Wheel of Dharma
- Display of Miracles
- Others...

Video: Mudras & Hand Gestures

Five Symbolic Buddhas - Gestures:
1. Vairochana: Dharma Teaching (turning the wheel)
2. Akshobhya: earth touching
3. Amitabha: meditation
4. Ratnasambhava: generosity
5. Amoghasiddhi: blessing

Miscellaneous Buddhas - Gestures:
- Buddha Nagaraja - nagaraja gesture
- Medicine Buddha - generosity & holding a medicinal plant
- Thirty-five Confession Buddhas - various gestures (some unique)
- Vairochana - essence of Enlightenment gesture (Vajra Mudra)
- Unusual Buddha Gestures
- Left Hand Over Right (Bon)
- Others...

Jeff Watt, July 29th, 2010 [updated 5-2017, 1-2020]

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).