dharmachakra mudra
धर्मचक्रमुद्रा dharmacakra-mudrāThe 'wheel-turning' gesture: both hands before the chest, thumb and forefinger joined, marking the Buddha's first teaching; a mudra ranked with the abhaya and the bhumisparsha.
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Dharmachakra mudra , both hands at the heart with thumbs and forefingers forming interlocking wheels, is the Buddha turning the wheel of the teaching at his first sermon, the gesture of the serene fifth-century…