印いん契げい

noun

mudra; symbolic hand gesture

Buddhist term for ritual hand gestures, often seen in statues and iconography. Compare with 印 (sense 3).

See also: 印 (いん)

• 仏ぶつ像ぞうの印いん契げいにはそれぞれ意い味みがある。

  Each mudra of a Buddhist statue has its own meaning.