Leela attitude is anattitude of Buddha in Southeast art of which the Buddha is stepping with his right foot and his right-hand swinging and the other hand put towards to the front. The attitude is sometimes called theWalking Buddha.
The attitude refers to the episode where he is walking back to the earth fromTavatimsa withDevas andBrahmas that follow.
The attitude is known by various names throughout Southeast Asia, including asabaya mudra (Burmese:အဘယမုဒြာ;abhaya mudrā) in Myanmar and aspang lila (Thai:ปางลีลา;RTGS: pang lila) in Thailand.