The Sanskrit term Mudrālakṣaṇavidhi can be transliterated into English as Mudralaksanavidhi or Mudralakshanavidhi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1) Mudrālakṣaṇavidhi (मुद्रालक्षणविधि) (lit. “rules regarding ritual hand-gestures”) is the name of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Kapiñjalasaṃhitā: a Pāñcarātra work consisting of 1550 verses dealing with a variety of topics such as worship in a temple, choosing an Ācārya, architecture, town-planning and iconography. Description of the chapter [mudrālakṣaṇavidhi]:—Kaśyapa asks to be told about the mudrās that are enjoined in the śastras. Kapiñjala stresses how important mudrās are as a part of worship, and how the Lord is pleased by them, etc. (1-3). The remainder of the chapter names and describes 27 types of mudrās (4-26). Those which are not listed and described here, says Kapiñjala, may be found in other tantra works (27).

2) Mudrālakṣaṇavidhi (मुद्रालक्षणविधि) (lit. “rules concerning ritual hand gestures” is the name of chapter 22 (Caryāpāda) of the Padmasaṃhitā: the most widely followed of Saṃhitā covering the entire range of concerns of Pāñcarātra doctrine and practice (i.e., the four-fold formulation of subject matter—jñāna, yoga, kriyā and caryā) consisting of roughly 9000 verses.—Description of the chapter [mudrālakṣaṇavidhi]: Brahmā asks the meaning, uses and varieties of mudrā-gestures. Bhagavān says these finger movements are ways to fend off evil and to prevent those taking pleasure in harming others [hiṃsakānām aśeṣāṇām mudaṃ drāvayati kṣaṇāṭ / tato mudrā nirasanaṃ teṣāṃ tasya prayojanam //]. Furthermore, they please the Lord-so long as they are demonstrated in private (1-5a). He then names and describes 53 mudrā-gestures: hṛdaya (5b-6a), śīrṣa (6b-7a), śikhā (7b-8a) kavaca (8b-9), astra (10), netra (11-12a), agniprākāra (12b-13), yoga and yogasaṃpuṭa (14-17a), kumbha or jñāna (22-23a), nyāsa (23b-24), japa (25-26a), brahma (26b-27a) and viṣṇu (27b-28a). Also: rudra (28b-29a), abhivādana (29b-30a), vighnarāja (30b-31a), bhāgavata (31a-32a), varāha (32b- 33a), dahana (33b-35a), āpyāyana (35b-37), surabhi (38-40a), āvāhana (40b- 41a), praṇāma (41b-43), padma (44-45a), kamala (45b-46a), and śaikha (46b-48a). In addition: cakra (48b-49a), gadā (49b-51a), cāpa (51b), musala (52-53a), khaḍga (53b-54), vanamālā (55), añjali (56a), garuḍa (56b-58), viṣvaksena (59), ananta (60-61a), bali (61b), vastra (62a), muṣṭi or jñāna (62b-63a), and gandha (63b). And finally, puṣpa (64a), yajñopavīta (64-65a), ākalpa (65b), dhūpa (66), dīpa (67-69a), pratimā (69b-7ca), svāgata or yāna or prārthana (70b-71b), and grāsa (72-73) and homa (73b-74).

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

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Partial matches: Mudralakshana, Vitti.

Full-text (+87): Homa, Shaikha, Avahanamudra, Abhivadanamudra, Bhagavatamudra, Kamalamudra, Capamudra, Balimudra, Akalpamudra, Homamudra, Yana, Abhivadana, Akalpa, Yogasamputa, Yogasamputamudra, Shaikhamudra, Yanamudra, Capa, Brahma Mudra, Surabhi.

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