There are 12 Mudras called Dwdasha Mudras:
Mudra is a unique signature of a Carnatic Music composer, which is woven into some or all of their respective compositions Not all composers have mudras, and they do not necessarily relate to the composer's name only. Some mudras signify the name of the raga used in the composition, some represent the tala, some describe the place in which the composition was composed.
i. Vaggeyakaramudra – SwaNama or Pen name
ii. Raga mudra
iii. Tala Mudra
iv. Acharya Mudra
v. Raja Mudra
vi. Vamsha Mudra
vii. Prabandha Mudra
viii. Nayaka Mudra
ix. Sthala Mudra
x. Birudu Mudra
xi. Lakshana Grantha Mudra
xii. Samvatsara Mudra
Pardon me for asking, but does Prabandha mudra have any correlation with the Divya Prabandham sung by the Azhwars?
ReplyDelete@Jayaram : No. They are different. Divya mostly derived from the Divi Dhatu or called Divine. The Prabandha mudra here is more a signature :)
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