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The Subduing Mara Buddha image with inscription
Keywords : Buddha image, The attitude of subduing Mara, Buddha image with inscription , Phra Buddha Sihing , Lanna art, Wat Phra Chao Mangrai, Chiang Saen Neung, Singh Neung type Buddha image,
Site common name | Wat Phrachao Mangrai |
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Type of artwork | Sculpture |
Sub district | Phra Sing |
District | Mueang Chiang Mai |
Province | Chiang Mai |
Region | North |
Country | Thailand |
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 18.78534 Long : 98.984705 |
Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 Q Hemisphere : N E : 498388.11 N : 2077076.15 |
Place of artwork | In the vihara |
History of production | 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. |
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Production process | Bronze casting |
Art | 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. |
Key academic information | This is an important example of a Singh Neung type Buddha image with a name inscription; "Phra Buddha Sihing" |
Notice | 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. |
Period | Historical Period |
Art period | Lanna |
Age | Early 21st Buddhist Century |
Religion | Buddhism |
Sect | Theravada |
Religion and belief | Theravada |
Related artwork | 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. |
Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
Date of record creation | 2016-05-15 |
Record creator | Rungroj Thamrungraeng |
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