Ardhanarishvara

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Site common name	Ubon Ratchathani National Museum
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Sub district	Nai Mueang
District	Mueang Ubon Ratchathani
Province	Ubon Ratchathani
Region	Northeast
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 15.228302 Long : 104.857644
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 484722.4 N : 1683514.12
Place of artwork	Inside Ubon Ratchathani National Museum

History of production	There’s no evidence related to the origin. However, according to the art style, some historians estimated that it was built around 12^th -13^th century B.E.
Production process	Carved sandstone
Art	Ardhanarishvara is positioned sitting cross-legged or yokasana supported by a rectangular base decorated with lotus petals. Both arms were broken, so the gesture is unable to be identified. On the right side of the sculpture is Shiva viewed from the flat chest. On the left side is Aumadavi viewed from the visible breast. In addition, the difference between the two can be seen from their dresses. The dress of Shiva is short in at knee length while the one of Aumadavi is at shin length.
Key academic information	Ardhanarishvara is one of The oldest sculpture’s Thailand that reflects the belief of Brahmin in worshiping Shiva and Aumadavi at the same time.
Age	12th -13th century BE.
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and belief	Brahminism

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-09-30
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
Bibliography	สุภัทรดิศ ดิศกุล, หม่อมเจ้า. (เรียบเรียง) ประติมากรรมขอม. กรุงเทพฯ : กรุงสยามการพิมพ์, 2515. สุภัทรดิศ ดิศกุล, หม่อมเจ้า. ศิลปะสมัยลพบุรี. กรุงเทพฯ : มหาวิทาลัยศิลปากร, 2547.