mu·dra 
(mə-drä)
(mə-drä)n.
A series of symbolic body postures and hand movements used in South Asian classical dancing or art.
[Sanskrit mudrā, seal, mystery, mudra, from Iranian *mudrā, perhaps ultimately from Akkadian musarû, mušarû, object bearing a royal inscription, from Sumerian mu-sar : mu, name, fame + sar, to write.]
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