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[[File:Prince of Wales Museum Bombay si0089.jpg|thumb|[[Bodhisattva]] making varadamudra. [[Pala Empire|Pala]] period, 12th century.]] <br />
[[File:British Museum Asia 45 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Gilded bronze [[Statue of Tara]], Sri Lanka, 8th century CE. With her right hand, the bodhisattva makes varadamudra, the gesture of charity or gift-giving, while her left hand may originally have held a lotus.]]<br />
'''Varadamudra''' is a [[mudra]], and it indicates a gesture by the hand and symbolizes dispensing of [[:wikt:boon|boons]]. For varadamudra, the right hand is used. It is held out, with palm uppermost and the fingers pointing downwards. Varadamudra and [[abhayamudra]] are the most common of several other mudras seen on divine figures in the art of [[Indian religions]]. <br />
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Often the open hand is shown with a [[nelumbo nucifera|lotus]] bud in the centre. <br />
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==References==<br />
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*''Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend'' ({{ISBN|0-500-51088-1}}) by Anna Dallapiccola<br />
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