Leela attitude is an attitude of Buddha in Southeast art of which the Buddha is stepping with his right foot and his right-hand swinging and the other hand put towards to the front. The attitude is sometimes called the Walking Buddha.
The attitude refers to the episode where he is walking back to the earth from Tavatimsa with Devas and Brahmas that follow.
Names
The attitude is known by various names throughout Southeast Asia, including as abaya mudra (Burmese: အဘယမုဒြာ; abhaya mudrā) in Myanmar and as pang lila (Thai: ปางลีลา; RTGS: pang lila) in Thailand.
Gallery
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at Wat Yannawa, Bangkok -
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Buddha statue at Wat Phra Thart Khao Noi, Nan province -
at Wat Tham Khao Roup Chang, Nakhon Ratchasima province -
See also
- Iconography of Gautama Buddha in Laos and Thailand
- Maravijaya attitude
- Meditation attitude
- Mudra
- Reclining Buddha
- Kouros
- Contrapposto
References
- Thai Buddha Attitudes translations
- translated from th:ปางลีลา on Thai Wikipedia
External links
Media related to Category: Walking Buddha at Wikimedia Commons
This page was last edited on 26 June 2023, at 19:10