mudrA f. ( fr. mudra See above) a seal or any instrument used for sealing or stamping, a seal-ring, signet-ring ( cf. aNguli-m° ), any ring, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.
mudrA [ mud-rak ] 1 A seal, an instrument for sealing or stamping; especially a seal-ring, signet-ring; anayA mudrayA mudrayEnaM Mu. 1 ; nAmamudrAkzarARyanuvAcya parasparamavalokayataH Ś. 1 ; ( fig. also); iti prAyo BAvAH ( pb ) sPuradavaDimudrAmukulitAH Bh. 2. 114. 2 A stamp, print, mark, impression; catuHsamudramudraH K. 191 ; siMdUramudrAMkitaH ( bAhuH ) Gīt. 4. 3 A pass, pass-port (as given by a seal-ring); agfhItamudraH kawakAnizkrAmasi Mu. 5 ; gfhItaBudraH saleKaH puruzo gfhItaH Mu. 5. 4 A stamped coin, coin, piece of money. 5 A medal. 6 An image, a sign, badge, token. 7 Shutting, closing, sealing; sEvOzWamudrA sa ca karRapASaH U. 6. 27 ; kzipannidrAmudrAM madanakalahacCedasulaBAM Māl. 2. 12 ‘removing the seal of sleep’ &c. 8 A mystery. 9 (In Rhet. ) The expression of things by their right names. 10 N. of certain positions of the fingers practised in devotion or religious worship. Comp. — akzaraM 1 a letter of the seal. 2 a type (a modern use). — aMka, -aMkita a. stamped with a seal, sealed, stamped. — kAraH a maker of seals. — mArgaH an opening believed to exist in the crown of the head through which the soul is said to escape at death; cf. brahmaraMDra . — yaMtraM a press, a printingpress (a modern formation). — rakzakaH the keeper of the seals. — rAkzasaM N. of a drama by Viśākha-datta.