Brahma

Keywords : Brahma

Type of artwork	Sculpture
Village	National Museum
Province/City	Jakarta
State	Western Java
Country	Indonesia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : -6.176944 Long : 110.821944

History of production	-
Art	This Brahma sculpture can be seen as a good example of costumes in Central Java art. He wears a tube-shaped crown with three bands of Pala style and a sash of Southern India art. He wears a jewelly belt of pala style, but with a bow-tied belt of southern India. It should be noted that costumes in the Central Java art are usually the mixture between Pala and Southern India arts.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Mid Central Javanese Art
Age	13-15 centuries BE.
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and belief	Brahma is the creator in Hinduism, but he does not have his own sect. Therefore, his sculpture is not usually portrayed as the main god in temples of both sects.
Related artwork	An important symbol of Bhraman is having four faces This shows four main principles of Hinduism including the four vedas and the four periods.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2105-07-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali