 The pensive pose involves a figure that has one leg crossed over a pendant leg, the ankle of the crossed leg rests on the knee of the pendant leg.The elbow of the figure's raised arm rests on the crossed leg's knee while the fingers rest or almost rest on the cheek of the head bent in introspection.As shown above, Prince Siddhārtha was typically depicted in a seated position in the "dhyāna" mudra when depicted as meditating in early Indian sculpture.