This dictionary brings together 30 mudras and codified gestures used in Buddhist iconography, ritual, and practice across Asia. Each entry now combines the Sanskrit or traditional term, a translation, meaning, iconographic context, and a photographic detail drawn from a freely licensed or public-domain image.
Images are cropped and enlarged so the hand configuration can be read immediately. The complete photograph remains available from each entry with its source and licence; regional and ritual variants are not presented as universal prescriptions.