The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.77
The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology c11.s1.77
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¹ In the same order of ideas we may again notice that the real *padmâsana*, with the legs closely crossed, the soles of the feet turned upwards and the right foot forward, is reserved by our sculptors for Buddha alone (cf. on the upper corners of our plates XXXVII, 2 and XL, 1 the image of the Bodhisattva, already represented in the form of a Buddha).