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Pediment Carved of Umamaheswara

Keywords : Shiva, Hindu, Banteay Srei, Jayavarman V, Pediment, Yajnavaraha, Uma, Umamaheswara

Site common namePrasat Banteay Srei
Type of artworkSculpture
Province/CityAngkor
StateSiem Reap
CountryCambodia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 13.598889
Long : 103.962778

History of productionPrasat Banteay Srei was constructed by the brahmin and courtier named Yajnavaraha during the reign of Jayavarman V to dedicate to Lord Shiva and 2 other Devis.
ArtThe triangular Pediment is straighten up vertically. Above it, is an arch in a wavy pattern. The beautiful wavy style on the arch is systematic. The the both ends of the arch are the multi-headed nagas as in the pattern of architecture of the late Angkor Period. The center part of the Pediment depicted the story of Umamaheswara.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBanteay Srei
Age16 Buddhist Century
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and beliefUmamaheswara is one of the story found in the sculptures of Shaivism. It depicted the image of Lord Shiva and Uma Devi (Parvati) mounted on Nandi. This image represented the the abundance of the universe.
Related artworkulptures of a man and woman sitting on the back of the bull which is Sri Shiva and Uma mounted on the back of Nandi, the bull.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali