Maravijaya attitude

Māravijaya attitude is an attitude of Buddha in Thai art of which the seated Buddha is putting his hand in the relax posture towards to the ground, loosely holding his knee.

The gesture of the hand reaching the ground is called bhumisparshamudra, which also refers to the attitude as well.

The gesture refers to the episode which the Buddha calling the earth to witness.

The attitude refers to the episode that he was reaching the enlightenment and being disturbed by maras.

The Māravijaya seated Buddha is considered the common attitude for principal Buddha in ubosots of Khmer, Lao and Thai wats and Burmese kyaungs.