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Warning Gesture

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Warning Gesture

    Jansen p. 7 Tarjani Mudrā
    wēishè yìn 威慑印 威懾印

    This gesture consists of one hand held up with the forefinger extended, and is, as among English speakers, a combination of teaching and warning. It is often seen on statues of the Bodhisattva Guānyīn.

    (This gesture seems also to be called qīkè yìn 期克印, the name properly assigned to the Demon-Quelling Gesture or Kāraņa Mudrā).

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