印いん相ぞう

noun

mudra; hand sign

A symbolic hand gesture used in Buddhism and Hindu traditions, often seen in statues and iconography. The term is technical but widely recognized in cultural contexts.

• 仏ぶつ像ぞうの印いん相ぞうにはそれぞれ意い味みがある。

  Each mudra of a Buddhist statue has its own meaning.

• この印いん相ぞうは「施せ無む畏い印いん」と呼よばれる。

  This hand sign is called the 'fear-not mudra'.