A gild-bronze
figurine of a
vajra protector from Tibet, in the
alidha or pratyalidha
asana, a pose
to depict wrathful deities in
Vajrayana
Buddhism,
in which the figure
lunges or thrusts
diagonally, with one leg
extended, while placing the body's weight mainly on the
other leg, which is bent at the knee.
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