A Chinese Gilt-Bronze Manjushri Statue The bodhisattva sits in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base, with his right hand raised holding a sword and his left held before his chest, and was once clutching the stem of a lotus which adorned his left elbow and supported a book. He is dressed in a voluminous dhoti and adorned with ornamented jewelry as described in the Vajrayana Buddhist scriptures.