Anantasayin Pediment from My Son E

Site common name	My Son E
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Province/City	Danang
State	Danang
Country	Vietnam
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 16.059722 Long : 108.223056

History of production	My Son E is the oldest group of Prasats in the My Son group. It might be in the same period with the beginning of the establishment of Phra Pattaresuan as the linga for Cham kingdom around 12-13 centuries BE.
Art	These niches are very similar to “Kutu” or “Chandhasala” in Indian art. That is to say they are low arches decorated with dragons. However, a curving Naga pattern has been added into the Cham art, making the niches have both curving in and curving out pattern. In the middle, there is a picture of Vishanu Anatasayin. This shows that this prasat was built under the influence of Hinduism.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	My Son E1
Age	13 Century BE.
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and belief	Vishanu Anatasayin Pattamanka is the story when Vishanu was sleeping on Anantanakkaraj, the Naga of time, in the milk sea. After the destruction of the world, Bhraman emerged from the abdomen and created the world.
Related artwork	In the middle of the pediment, there is a picture telling the story of Vishanu Anatasayin. It consists of Vishanu is sleeping in Anatanakkaraj and holding a lotus emerging from the abdomen. There is also four-faced Bhraman on the top of the p[ediment. At the sides, there are garuda fighting with Naga, which is related to Vishanu.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-06-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali