An Image of the stanging Buddha on Vanaspati

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An Image of the stanging Buddha on Vanaspati An Image of the stanging Buddha on Vanaspati, Rounded stone on the stone has hold. Standing Buddha in 2 hands Vitakamutra posture. The halo was back of head, large embossed skull, quite angular face, braces eyebrows, a flat nose, thick lips, long ears ( may be had earrings) standing on Vanaspati that facial features was round, enjoy, bulging eyes, chipped nose or lips, had a mane, small ears and with the flick inward. Spread their wings spread out on both sides. Two people standing on the left wing party, a person on the left wing holding the whip or Jamorn, wearing a long skirt overlay ankle, looks chipping away, other person on the right holding the whip or SC wear a short skirt fabrics are expected over the knees and tie a knot on the right wears a crown topped necklace and bracelet armlet. The lower part of the back slab engraved with a circular convex stacked two layers.

Object :
An Image of the stanging Buddha on Vanaspati
Art style :
Dvarawati
Material :
Sand stone
Size :
43 cm. high, 25 cm. wide
Era age :
ca. 12th-16th century BE.
Feature :

An Image of the standing Buddha on Vanaspati, Rounded stone on the stone has hold. Standing Buddha in 2 hands Vitakamutra posture. The halo was back of head, large embossed skull, quite angular face, braces eyebrows, a flat nose, thick lips, long ears ( may be had earrings) standing on Vanaspati that facial features was round, enjoy, bulging eyes, chipped nose or lips, had a mane, small ears and with the flick inward. Spread their wings spread out on both sides. Two people standing on the left wing party, a person on the left wing holding the whip or Jamorn, wearing a long skirt overlay ankle, looks  chipping away, other person on the right holding the whip or SC wear a short skirt fabrics are expected over the knees and tie a knot on the right wears a crown topped necklace and bracelet armlet. The lower part of the back slab engraved with a circular convex stacked two layers.

An Image of the stanging Buddha on Vanaspati was relief carvings  sculptures in Dvarawati arts, often found as Buddha images in standing or sitting  on the mid of vehicle that often been  Mix animals or Gudara in Personal character called Vanaspati. Both sides of Buddha was 2 people may be Indhara, Brahma, Deva or Person in Bhodhisattava character.

This carvings would not is not specific any episodes of  Buddha's biography, Although people in both sides was wearing difference style cloths as person on the left holding the whip or Jamorn, wearing long cloth to ankle, head broken and loss but could see Chada crown (Knot hair bun) that been the character of Brahma, other person on the right  holding the whip or Jamorn, wearing short cloth over khees tieed tip of cloth on the right, wearing crown, necklace, armlets and anklet refer to Indhara that could found these charecters in some episode of Buddha’s biography as Yamaka Phatiharn, Preachith to Buddha’s mother, the first preaching  including deportment and Buddha mudra on Vanaspati that only shall be the popular deportment and Buddha mudra in Dvarawati.

originally an academic, described Vanaspati that only was an animal mixed from animals as Deva vehicles in Hinduism as had ears and horn like Nondhi, Shiva’s vehicle, had beak like Gurara, Naraya’s vehicle and had wings like swan, Brahma’s vehicle so the engraving of stanging Buddha on Vanaspati shall refered th the superiority over Hinduism Devas. However this concept did not accept later and Vanaspati in Dvarawati was various and shall developed from Gudara of Indian arts to Mixed animal including Vanasavati found in Thailand had no specific pattern of 3 Deva’s animal but found in character of ox, dragon, snake, lion and bird and had the concept that according to the original meaning of Indian apocalypse as Vanasavati was Universal animal.  

Nowaday, could not summary of Vanasavati benefits someone assumed that used for decorate the gables of the building and other assumed that was Sema to decorate building for shown the hightest social status dignity of Buddha compared to sunshine to peace at all.

History :
Found from excavation Phimai stone castle,  Phimai district, Nakorn Rachasrima province.
Venue :
Room of Dvarawati culture, Phimai National Museum
Qr Code :
03

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