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Buddha’s Life Narrative: Pedestal from Dong Duong

Keywords : Life of Buddha, The sculptural series narrating the story of the Buddha’s life, Dong Duong, Pedestal

Site common nameDong Duong
Type of artworkSculpture
VillageDanang Museum of Cham Sculpture
Province/CityDanang
StateDanang
CountryVietnam
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 16.059722
Long : 108.223056

History of productionKing Indraworman II ordered the construction of Laksameenatarlokesarvara temple to dedicate this to Mahayan Buddhism. Now, this temple is Dong Deung Prasat, the largest Buddhist place in Vietnam
ArtThis large base is one of the two bases for the principle Buddha image of Dong Deung. One base has been brought from the Vihara and the other has been brounght from Dong Deung Prasat. Now, they are conserved in Danang Museum. This base consists of scenes about the Lord Buddha life in squre channels. Besides, it is decorated with Kanok patterns and niches of Dong Deung.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodDong Duong
Age15 Century Be.
ReligionBuddhism
SectMahayana
Related artworkSmall square channels around the base show scenes from the Lord Buddha life from the birth until his ordination The birth scene can be interpreted from the action of Queen Sirimahamaya holding onto the tree’s branches. The scene below is when Queen Sirimahamanya shared her dream with King Suthothana.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-06-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali