URGENT!!! What is the original source of mudras?

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> For the vaisnavas the mudras originate in the pancaratra sastra. The

> texts for worship, which are considered historically older are called

> vaikhanasa. They depend heavily on vedic mantras. The pancaratra texts

> introduce yantras (geometiric) representations of deities, mudras, non

> vedic mantras. The mudras according to hari bhakti v. are to give

> pleasure to the lord. There are different uses: for purification etc.

> for remembrance of the LOrd: descriptive or

> symbolic-venu mudra etc. related to the Lord's activities and

> paraphernelia.

> for meditation- used during meditation to

> adjust the prana

 

Thankyou Maharaja for the information.

 

Also just like a "mantra" is transcendental sound meant to liberate the

conditioned soul "man" and "tra". Isn't a mudra also a Yantra (you can give

the exact sanskrit meaning for "yan" and "tra") which my basis understanding

is a kind of "machine" or symbol which can purify and liberate the

consciousness.

 

So there are Mudras for Matsya, for Visnu Symbols (lotus, conch, cakra,

padma), for so many objects. The idea that they are for counting mantras

doesn't relate with these specific yantras in divine shapes which have their

own potency.

 

Yours in service,

 

Jayapataka Swami