Detail of Buddha’s hands. Mustang caves in Nepal ca.13th century
illuminations from Sarvadurgatipariśodhanasamādhi (Nepal, 1866), a Tantric Buddhist text containing a series of instructions for the hand-gestures (mudrās) and rites for the elimination of fateful destinies, aimed at procuring a better rebirth for the dead and a better life for the living. https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-01278/1
