The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sadhanamala and Other Cognate Tantric Texts of Rituals c25.7
The Indian Buddhist Iconography, Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals c25.7
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c25.7
Ardhaparyaṅka, also called Mahārājalīlā, is a particular Āsana of sitting. Both the legs are on the same pedestal; one of the knee is raised while the other is bent in the usual position of a Buddha. This Āsana should be distinguished from the Lalitāsana in which case one of the legs is pendant, while the other is bent in the usual position of a Buddha. When both the legs are pendant, the attitude is called Bhadrāsana.