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In addition, many of the Buddhist mudras are used outside South Asia, and have developed different local forms elsewhere.

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Mahamudra, the Great Seal, similarly has one heel pressed into the perineum; the chin is pressed down to the chest in Jalandhara Bandha, the Throat Lock, and the breath is held with the body's upper and lower openings both sealed, again to force the prana into the sushumna channel. The mida no jōin (弥陀定印) is the Japanese name of a variation of the dhyāna mudra, where the index fingers are brought together with the thumbs. An example of the application of the Vajra mudrā is the seventh technique (out of nine) of the Nine Syllable Seals. In all their forms of Indian classical dance, the mudras are similar, though the names and uses vary. The main mudras used represent specific moments in the life of the Buddha, and are shorthand depictions of these.This gesture was used by the Buddha when attacked by an elephant, subduing it as shown in several frescoes and scripts.

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Devadatta fed alcohol to a particularly furious elephant named Nalagiri and had him attack the Buddha.For example the "knife hand" or shuto gesture is subtly concealed in some Koryu kata, and in Buddhist statues, representing the sword of enlightenment.

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In Tibetan Buddhism, it is the mystic gesture of Tārās and bodhisattvas with some differences by the deities in Yab-Yum. He has the skills and experience to provide the highest quality of training in the teaching of Yoga. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika states the importance of mudras in yoga practice: "Therefore the [ Kundalini] goddess sleeping at the entrance of Brahma's door [at the base of the spine] should be constantly aroused with all effort, by performing mudra thoroughly.These expanded in number from 3 in the Amritasiddhi, to 25 in the Gheranda Samhita, with a classical set of ten arising in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. The Varadamudrā "generosity gesture" signifies offering, welcome, charity, giving, compassion and sincerity.