https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/72478/fullSeated Buddha14th-16th century; Sukhothai Period[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@19783]com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@19783BronzeHFJ Handbook, p. 87: The gesture of "calling the earth to witness," the pose in which the Buddha is represented, seated cross-legged with his fingertips touch the ground, is common in Sukhothai art. It is the charged moment before the Buddha attained enlightenment, when meditating under the Bodhi tree he was visisted suddenly by the evil Mara, who attempted to disrupt the meditation... by touch the ground... (he) called on the earth goddess to witness his lifetime of accumulated mertis. She then caused water to gush forward, chasing Mara away, and enabling the Buddha to attain enlightenment.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@60https://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/37754/rdf