In Himalayan art most hand gestures are simply unnamed depictions of a hand, a hand at rest, an active hand, or a hand holding some object. Not all hand gestures are important and not all hand gestures have names. In Sutrayana Buddhism most gestures do not have names except for the very few specific gestures associated with the life story of the Buddha: [1] meditation gesture, [2] earth touching, [3] turning the wheel of Dharma and [4] performing miracles. These gestures are narrative based.
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