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Ālīḍha

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Ālīḍha (T. g.yas brkyang ba).

A Sanskrit term used to describe the Buddhist iconographic posture

(ĀSANA) in which the figure holds one leg bent forward at the knee with the other leg stretched out in the opposite direction.

While the term generally refers to standing postures, it may also apply to seated poses and is distinguished from


PRATYĀLĪḌHA, where the leg positions are reversed.

Sources vary in describing which leg is outstretched and which leg is bent. In Tibetan tantric art, the ālīḍha posture is often found in deities of the MOTHER TANTRA class.

See also ĀSANA.


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