Buddha's Statues & Gestures (Mudras)

Buddha Gestures (Mudrā)

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The Buddha Posture refers to the various characteristic poses or attitudes of a Buddha image, which are created based on the stories of the Buddhist Chronicles .

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During the Gupta Dynasty (260–480 CE), the Greeks were the first people to craft statues representing the Buddha as a human being, and as such designed the first Buddha Postures. 

 

Later, Southern Indian artisans, including those from Kalinga-rāṣṭra (Kalingarath), along with artists from various subsequent eras, devised a large number of additional postures.

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Chronology of Buddha Gestures

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The Buddha Postures developed over different eras and regions, as follows:​​​​

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