The Reclining Buddha

Site common name	Wat Dhammachak Semaram
Site alternative name	Meung Sema
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Sub district	Sema
District	Sung Noen
Province	Nakhon Ratchasima
Region	Northeast
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 14.916724 Long : 101.79386
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 800532.5 N : 1650935.83
Place of artwork	Inside the building of the reclining Buddha

History of production	The construction history remains unclear. However, the art characteristics suggest that it might have been built in Dvaravati period.
Production process	Sandstone
Art	This reclining Buddha was constructed by piling large sandstones and craving them into a Buddha image. It is in reclining on the right (so called Sri Saiyas). The right arm is laid on the ground to support the head. The left arm is place on the body. Both feet are placed evenly. The face is made of craving of several sandstones and has several conventional Dvaravati characteristics including square face, prominent and connected eyebrows, low-looking and prominent eyes, large nose, big mount.
Key academic information	This is the largest reclining Buddha in Dvaravati art. It reflects the close relationship between Dvaravati art in the central and Dvaravati art in the northeast, especially Meung Sema.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Dvaravati
Age	12th -16th centuries BE.
Religion	Buddhism
Religion and belief	Theravada

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-08-19
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
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