मुद्रयति मुद्रिका

मुद्रा

मुद्रा [मुद्-रक्]
1 A seal, an instrument for sealing or stamping; especially a seal-ring, signet-ring; अनया मुद्रया मुद्रयैनं Mu. 1; नाममुद्राक्ष- राण्यनुवाच्य परस्परमवलोकयतः Ś. 1; (fig. also); इति प्रायो भावाः स्फुरदवधि मुद्रामुकुलिताः Bh. 2. 114.
2 A stamp, print, mark, impression; चतुःसमुद्रमुद्रः K. 191; सिंदूरमुद्रांकितः (बाहुः) Gīt. 4.
3 A pass, pass-port (as given by a seal-ring); अगृही- तमुद्रः कटकानिष्क्रामसि Mu. 5; गृहीतभुद्रः सलेखः पुरुषो गृहीतः Mu. 5.
4 A stamped coin, coin, piece of money.
5 A medal.
6 An image, a sign, badge, token.
7 Shutting, closing, sealing; सैवौष्ठमुद्रा स च कर्णपाशः U. 6. 27; क्षिपन्निद्रामुद्रां मदनकलहच्छेदसुलभां Māl. 2. 12 ‘removing the seal of sleep’ &c.
8 A mystery.
9 (In Rhet.) The expression of things by their right names.
10 N. of certain positions of the fingers practised in devotion or religious worship.
−Comp.
−अक्षरं 1. a letter of the seal. −2. a type (a modern use). −अंक, −अंकित a. stamped with a seal, sealed, stamped.
−कारः a maker of seals.
−मार्गः an opening believed to exist in the crown of the head through which the soul is said to escape at death; cf. ब्रह्मरंध्र.
−यंत्रं a press, a printingpress (a modern formation).
−रक्षकः the keeper of the seals.
−राक्षसं N. of a drama by Viśākha-datta.

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