Pediment carved of Krishna

Keywords : Vishnu, Hindu, Banteay Srei, Jayavarman V, Pediment, Yajnavaraha, Krishna

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 depicts the story of Krishna defeating King Kamsa.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Banteay Srei
Age	16 Buddhist Century
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and belief	Krishna is the eighth avatar of the god Vishnu. God Vishnu incarnated as Krishna to slay the mythical monsters and Asuras. The story depicting in the lintel is when Krishna fights and defeats King Kamsa, his tyranny uncle who overthrow King Ugrasena, his father and install himself as the King of Mathura. Kamsa has been pursuing to eliminate Krishna and Balarama, his older brother. When the brothers are grown up, they return to Mathura to challenge Kamsa’s right and Krishna eventually fights Kamsa and kills him by beating him to death.
Related artwork	The lintel depicting the scene in the palace. In the middle of the hall, there are 2 people, one is in the combating posture, presumably to be Lord Krishna and the other one kneeling at one knee and having the head grabed by the other one is supposed to be King Kamsa. The surrounding area is filled with the courtiers watching the fight.

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