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[[File:Lord Buddha in Abhaya Mudra - Circa 3rd-4th Century CE - Govind Nagar - ACCN 76-17 - Government Museum - Mathura 2013-02-23 5558.JPG|right|thumb|[[Buddha]] with his right hand in abhaya mudra.]]<br />
[[File:Dewi Sri Abhaya Mudra.jpg|thumb|Dewi Sri ([[Parvati]]) with her right hand in abhaya mudra, Bali Indonesia.<ref>{{cite book|author=Yves Bonnefoy|title=Asian Mythologies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4I-FsZCzJEC&pg=PA178 |year=1993 |publisher =University of Chicago Press|isbn= 978-0-226-06456-7|pages=178–179}}</ref>]]<br />
The '''Abhayamudrā''' "gesture of fearlessness"<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Buswell|editor1-first=Robert Jr.|editor1-link=Robert Buswell Jr.|title=Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism.|date=2013|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton, NJ|isbn=9780691157863|page=2}}</ref> is a [[mudra|mudrā]] (gesture) that is the gesture of reassurance and safety, which dispels fear and accords divine protection and bliss in many [[Indian religions]]. The right hand is held upright, and the palm is facing outwards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abhaya Mudra|url=http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols/mudras/abhaya|date=2015-03-17|access-date=2015-02-10|archive-date=18 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718014007/http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/symbols/mudras/abhaya|url-status=dead}}</ref> This is one of the earliest mudrās found depicted on a number of [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], [[Jainism|Jain]] and [[Sikhism|Sikh]] images.<br />
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The abhayamudrā represents protection, peace, benevolence and the dispelling of fear. The Hindu god [[Nataraja]] is depicted with the second right hand making the Abhaya Mudra, bestowing protection from both evil and ignorance to those who follow the righteousness of dharma. In [[Theravada|Theravada Buddhism]], it is usually made with the right hand raised to shoulder height, the arm bent and the palm facing outward with the fingers upright and joined and the left hand hanging down while standing. In Thailand and Laos, this mudra is associated with the [[Walking Buddha]], often shown having both hands making a double abhayamudrā that is uniform.<br />
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The abhayamudrā was probably used before the onset of Buddhism as a symbol of good intentions proposing friendship when approaching strangers. In the art of [[Gandhara]], it is present when showing the action of preaching. It was also used in China during the [[Northern Wei]] and [[Sui dynasty|Sui]] eras of the 4th and 7th centuries.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}<br />
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The gesture was used by [[Gautama Buddha]] when attacked by an elephant, subduing it as shown in several [[fresco]]s and scripts.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} In [[Mahayana|Mahayana Buddhism]], deities often paired it with another mudrā using the other hand.<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
* {{cite book|last=Dallapiccola|first=Anna L.|title=Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYhtQgAACAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-28402-5}}<br />
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