Mudras used in Hindu worship

The word Mudra is derived from the Sanskrit words Mud+Dhra, or bliss+dissolving meaning that which dissolves duality and brings together the deity and the devotee Mudras are gestures performed with the hands and are used to convey various feelings, or e!pressions or meanings "#ecently the the famous $ustralian cricketer %reg &happell showed the notorious 'middle finger mudra( to the %anguly fans at )olkata**+ The use of the Mudras is ,uite common in the Hindu -oo.as, Tantric worships, /oga and also in &lassical 0ndian dances 0n Hindu iconography, the deities are often depicted with their hands making various Mudras like the twin gestures of dispelling fears and granting boons 1arious deities have several specific Mudras which are associated with them They are used by the practitioner for various purposes like activating the various nerve centers, to convey a feeling or to appease a deity etc 2ach finger represents one of the five elements3the thumb is agni "fire+, the forefinger is vayu "air+, the middle finger is akash "ether+, the ring finger is prithvi "earth+ and the little finger is .al "water+ -lease note that in 4atya Sastra "classical dance+ and in /oga also there are several similarly named Mudras which are at times ,uite different from the -oo.a Mudras 5or e!ample the /oni Mudra used in /oga is totally different from the /oni Mudra used in -oo.a $ lot of people want to know and use the Mudras during -oo.a and Tantrik worship but do not know the correct ones 6e are giving bellow 78 of the most commonly used Mudras in the various -oo.as and Tantric worships so that those interested can learn them an practice &lick on each name to see the picture of the Mudra in a new window These are the correct Mudras, but in some sects there are minor variations 9ther pages of interest :The Shodasa ";<+ =pacharas in -oo.a $nkushamudra

$panamudra

$vahanamudra

>andhananamudra

&haturashramudra

Dhenumudra

%yanamudra

)aulinimudra

?elihanamudra

Matsyamudra

Mrugimudra

Mudgaramudra

-ranamudra

#ipu.ivhamudra

Samanamudra

Sammukhimudra

Sankalpamudra

Sannirudhamudra

Sannitapamudra

Sansthapanamudra

Sarvabee.amudra

Sarvakarshinimudra

Sarvakhecharimudra

Sarvamahankushamudra

Sarvasankshobhinimudra

Sarvavashankarimudra

Sarvavidravinimudra

Sarvonmadinimudra

Soubhagyadandinimudra

Stapanimudra

Suvruttamudra

Tarpanamudra

Tatwamudra

Trikhandaamudra

=danamudra

=pasamharamudra

1yanamudra

/onimudra

?inga Mudra

Soorya Mudra