The use of mudra or bodily gestures are important part of the Vajrayāna Buddhist practice. There are many types of gestures which are primarily symbolic representations of other things but are also bodily positions which are condusive for spiritual experience. There are many gestures which symbolize different kinds and processes of offering. Hand gestures are made to represent the offering of pleasant form, sound, smell, taste, touch and mental objects as well as eight or sixteen forms of offering goddesses.