मुद्रा
See also: मादर and मदिरा
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit मुद्रा (mudrā).
Noun
मुद्रा • (mudrā) f
- a seal
- a stamp
- any currency or coin; money
- 1998, Rajwant Rao Pradeep Kumar Rao, Pracheen Bharatiya Mudrayen [Ancient Indian Money], Motilal Banarsidass Publishe →ISBN, page 26
- भारतीय मुद्रा के अध्ययन के साथ ही यह जिज्ञासा भी उत्यित हुई कि भारत में मुद्रा का उदभव किस प्रकार सम्भव हुआ ।
- bhārtīya mudrā ke adhyayan ke sāth hī yah jigyāsā bhī utyit huī ki bhārat mẽ mudrā kā udbhav kis prakār sambhav huā .
- with the study of Indian currency this curiosity has also arisen of by which means has money been developed in India...
- 1998, Rajwant Rao Pradeep Kumar Rao, Pracheen Bharatiya Mudrayen [Ancient Indian Money], Motilal Banarsidass Publishe →ISBN, page 26
- expression, face, appearance
- the name of specific finger positions
Declension
| Declension of मुद्रा | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Direct | मुद्रा (mudrā) | मुद्राएँ (mudrāẽ) |
| Oblique | मुद्रा (mudrā) | मुद्राओं (mudrāon) |
| Vocative | मुद्रा (mudrā) | मुद्राओ (mudrāo) |
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 22 June 2016
Etymology
From मुद्र (mudrá, “joyous, glad”).
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬸᬤ᭄ᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- মুদ্ৰা (Bengali script)
- মুদ্রা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰲𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- મુદ્રા (Gujarati script)
- ꦩꦸꦢꦿꦴ (Javanese script)
- ಮುದ್ರಾ (Kannada script)
- မုဒြာ (Burmese script)
- ମୁଦ୍ରା (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢸꢣ꣄ꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆶𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖲𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ముద్రా (Telugu script)
- མུདྲཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒳𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mud̪.ɽɑ́ː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmud̪.ɽɑː/
Noun
मुद्रा • (mudrā́) f
- a seal or any instrument used for sealing or stamping, a seal-ring, signet-ring, any ring
- type for printing or instrument for lithographing
- any stamp or print or mark or impression
- the stamp or impression made by a seal etc.
- a stamped coin, piece of money, rupee, cash, medal
- an image, sign, badge, token (especially a token or mark of divine attributes impressed upon the body)
- authorization, a pass, passport (as given by a seal)
- shutting, closing (as of the eyes or lips)
- lock, stopper, bung
- mystery
- name of particular positions or intertwinings of the fingers of the hand (24 in number, commonly practiced in religious worship, and supposed to possess an occult meaning and magical efficacy); mudra
- female consort for sexual yoga practices
- form of a deity
- a particular branch of education ("reckoning by the fingers")
- parched or fried grain
- (rhetoric) the natural expression of things by words, calling things by their right names
- (music) a dance accordant with tradition
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of मुद्रा | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | मुद्रा (mudrā) | ||
| Gen. sg. | मुद्रायाः (mudrāyāḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मुद्रा (mudrā) | मुद्रे (mudre) | मुद्राः (mudrāḥ) |
| Vocative | मुद्रे (mudre) | मुद्रे (mudre) | मुद्राः (mudrāḥ) |
| Accusative | मुद्राम् (mudrām) | मुद्रे (mudre) | मुद्राः (mudrāḥ) |
| Instrumental | मुद्रया (mudrayā) | मुद्राभ्याम् (mudrābhyām) | मुद्राभिः (mudrābhiḥ) |
| Dative | मुद्रायै (mudrāyai) | मुद्राभ्याम् (mudrābhyām) | मुद्राभ्यः (mudrābhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | मुद्रायाः (mudrāyāḥ) | मुद्राभ्याम् (mudrābhyām) | मुद्राभ्यः (mudrābhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | मुद्रायाः (mudrāyāḥ) | मुद्रयोः (mudrayoḥ) | मुद्राणाम् (mudrāṇām) |
| Locative | मुद्रायाम् (mudrāyām) | मुद्रयोः (mudrayoḥ) | मुद्रासु (mudrāsu) |
Descendants
- Tamil: முத்திரை (muttirai)
- Burmese: မုဒြာ (mu.dra)
Derived terms
- मुद्राकर (mudrākara)
- मुद्राक्षर (mudrākṣara)
- मुद्राक्षेप (mudrākṣepa)
- मुद्राङ्क (mudrāṅka)
- मुद्राङ्कित (mudrāṅkita)
- मुद्राधारण (mudrādhāraṇa)
- मुद्राधारणमाहात्म्य (mudrādhāraṇamāhātmya)
- मुद्राधारणस्तोत्र (mudrādhāraṇastotra)
- मुद्राप्रकाश (mudrāprakāśa)
- मुद्राबल (mudrābala)
- मुद्रामार्ग (mudrāmārga)
- मुद्रायन्त्र (mudrāyantra)
- मुद्रायन्त्रालय (mudrāyantrālaya)
- मुद्रारक्षक (mudrārakṣaka)
- मुद्राराक्षस (mudrārākṣasa)
- मुद्राराक्षसकथासंग्रह (mudrārākṣasakathāsaṃgraha)
- मुद्राराक्षसकथासार (mudrārākṣasakathāsāra)
- मुद्राराक्षसपूर्वपीठिका (mudrārākṣasapūrvapīṭhikā)
- मुद्राराक्षसप्रकाश (mudrārākṣasaprakāśa)
- मुद्रार्णव (mudrārṇava)
- मुद्रार्णवलक्षणटीका (mudrārṇavalakṣaṇaṭīkā)
- मुद्रालक्षण (mudrālakṣaṇa)
- मुद्रालिपि (mudrālipi)
- मुद्राविधि (mudrāvidhi)
- मुद्राविवरण (mudrāvivaraṇa)
- मुद्रास्थान (mudrāsthāna)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मुद्रा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 822.