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Poses, gestures and iconographic details


Antaravasaka

The lowest element of a monk's clothing: an unsewn length of cloth that is wrapped around the hips and tied at the waist; the free end is arranged in parallel vertical folds and tucked in behind the belt, descending in a narrow strip between the legs.

 

 

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