The Subduing Mara Buddha image with inscription

There is an inscription at the base that the patriarch Sri Satdhamma Tri Lokarattana Chula ordered the creation of this Phra Buddha Sihing in 1469 and also mentioning the weight of this Buddha image.

Bronze casting

This Buddha image sits in a full-lotus seat on a lotus base in the octagon plan which is cast stick with the Buddha image, and shows subduing mara posture. It has a round face, big knotted hair, high ushnisha with lotus shape on top, look-straight eyes, slightly open mouth, knotted jaw, fat body, oblique robe, short split ends centipede fang shaped sanghati above chest, The bottom base has four rows of inscriptions, numbers and horoscopes in Pali and Thai languages with the Lanna alphabets.

This is an important example of a Singh Neung type Buddha image with a name inscription; "Phra Buddha Sihing"

From the inscription at the base, the name of this Buddha is called "Phra Buddha Sihing" makes it possible to assume that the Singh Neung type Buddha image for Lanna people could refer to the Phra Buddha Sihing.

1. The Subduing Mara Buddha image at the Museum of Wat Phra That Hariphunchai, Lamphun Province is an example of a Singh Neung type Buddha image which has the same Buddhist art patterns and has an inscription specifying the year of making, 1483.

2. The Phra Chao Mengrai Buddha image of Wat Chai Phra Kiat, Chiang Mai Province is an example of a late Singh Neung type Buddha image, although inherited from the past, but the craftsmanship is not as fine.

ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์. พระพุทธรูปในประเทศไทย : รูปแบบ พัฒนาการ และความเชื่อของคนไทย. กรุงเทพฯ: ภาควิชาประวัติศาสตร์ศิลปะ คณะโบราณคดี มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2556.

คำจารึกที่ฐานพระพุทธรูปในนครเชียงใหม่. กรุงเทพฯ: สำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี, 2519.

ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์. “พระพุทธสิหิงค์คือพระพุทธรูปขัดสมาธิเพชรในศิลปะล้านนา” ศิลปวัฒนธรรม, 26,2 (ธันวาคม 2547): 94 – 99.

A.B. Griswold. Dated Buddha Images of Northern Siam. Artibus Asiae, Supplementum 16, Ascona Switzerland, 1957.