Vitarka CArved in Acacia Wood Buddha Statue, The Mudra of Discussion
12" High x 8" Wide x 5" Deep
The Vitarka mudrā "mudra of discussion" is the gesture of discussion and transmission of Buddhist teaching. It is done by joining the tips of the thumb and the index together and keeping the other fingers straight very much like the abhaya and varada mudrās but with the thumbs touching the index fingers.
This Buddha was hand-carved in Indonesia in acacia wood