Mudrālakṣaṇa (Sanskrit: मुद्रालक्षण) is the name of the second chapter of the section Ṛṣirātra of the Sanatkumārasaṃhitā and describes, among other things, the 81 mudra gestures. These are:

  1. ācāra,
  2. agni,
  3. alaṃkāra,
  4. bīja,
  5. brahma,
  6. chakra,
  7. dāna,
  8. dhanus,
  9. dhūpa,
  10. dhvaja,
  11. dīpa,
  12. dvandva,
  13. gadā,
  14. gandha,
  15. garuḍa mudrā,
  16. gīta,
  17. grāsa,
  18. hasta,
  19. hayaśīrṣaka,
  20. jñāna mudrā,
  21. kāla,
  22. kalaśa,
  23. karma,
  24. kavaca,
  25. kuṇḍa,
  26. kūṭa,
  27. liṅga,
  28. loka,
  29. mahā,
  30. mālā,
  31. mantra,
  32. mṛgī,
  33. mukha,
  34. musala,
  35. muṣṭi,
  36. nāga,
  37. nirmālya,
  38. nirṛti,
  39. nṛtta hasta,
  40. nyāsa,
  41. para,
  42. parama,
  43. pāśa,
  44. paśu,
  45. praṇava,
  46. prasṛti,
  47. prati,
  48. pratimā,
  49. puṣpa,
  50. rakṣā,
  51. rudra,
  52. śakra,
  53. śakti,
  54. saṅkhyā,
  55. sarba mudrā,
  56. śayana,
  57. siṃha,
  58. śleṣa,
  59. snāna,
  60. soma,
  61. śrīvṛkṣa,
  62. sṛṣṭi,
  63. svāgata,
  64. tarjanī,
  65. tattva,
  66. tomara,
  67. torana,
  68. vādya,
  69. vainata,
  70. valaya,
  71. vāmana,
  72. varuṇa,
  73. vasana,
  74. vastra,
  75. vāyu,
  76. viṣṇu,
  77. vistīrṇa,
  78. vyoma,
  79. vyūha,
  80. yajñopavita,
  81. yoga.

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