The Subduing Mara Buddha Image

No making history appears, originally housed with Phra Buddha Sihing in Viharn Lai Kam, Wat Phra Singh. From the art form, the age can be determined in the 20th Buddhist century.

Bronze casting

This Buddha image sits in a full-lotus seat on a smooth base displaying the Subduing Mara posture. It has a round face, big knot hairs, look down eyes, slightly open mouth, knot jaw, ushnisha with lotus shape on top, fat body and short split ends sanghati above the chest.

Examples of Lanna art Buddha images during the 20th Buddhist century.

1. The edge of the piece of fabric characterized in Pala art, Bagan art and Hariphunchai art that is the fan shape. but the Lanna art during the 20th Buddhist century , the edge is split into two.

2. From the 20th Buddhist century until the end of the kingdom era, the Lanna art’s Buddha image in the form of a Singh Neung was continuously developed in parallel with the Singh Song. Therefore, the original theory that the Singh Neung type Buddha image is older than the Singh Song type is incorrect.

1. Because the Phra Buddha Sihing of Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai province had been beheaded, the characteristics of this Buddha image can be used to examine the original form of the Phra Buddha Sihing.

2. The Subduing Mara Buddha image of the Wat Phra Chao Mangrai, Chiang Mai province is an important example of a Singh Neung type Buddha image which has an inscription stating that it was made in the 21st Buddhist century and has characteristics that have developed from Buddha images in previous centuries.

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

สันติ เล็กสุขุม. ศิลปะภาคเหนือ : หริภุญไชย-ล้านนา. พิมพ์ครั้งที่ 3. กรุงเทพฯ: เมืองโบราณ, 2555.