Pediment Carved of Gajalakshmi

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Site common name	Prasat Banteay Srei
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Province/City	Angkor
State	Siem Reap
Country	Cambodia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.598889 Long : 103.962778

History of production	Prasat 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.
Art	The 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 Gajalakshmi.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Banteay Srei
Age	16 Buddhist Century Hinduism
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and belief	Gajalakshmi is the symbol of abundance. It depicts goddess Lakshmi sitting in the middle of 2 elephants raising thier trunks that hold the water pots and pour the water to Lakshmi’s head. This type of sculpture often found at the entrance of the Hindu’s place of worship.
Related artwork	The sculpture of a female in the sitting posture. Over the head, two elephants raise their trunks to spray water. The figure is a symbol of Lakshmi.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-07-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali