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Pediment carved of Ramayana, the Mokkasak
Keywords :
| Site common name | Angkor Wat |
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| Type of artwork | Sculpture |
| Province/City | Angkor |
| State | Siem Reap |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 13.412222 Long : 103.866389 |
| History of production | Angkor Wat was built in the reign of king Suriyavaraman II in 1113 AD. after he took the throne from his father, king Chayavaraman VI and king Tharanintharavaraman I of Mahidharapura. |
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| Art | The pediment is in triangular shape with an arch. The arch curves in and out beautifully. The frame of the arch is decorated with multi-headed Naga following the pediment in the late Angkor period. In the middle, there is a stoprytelling scene from Ramayana: Mokkasak. |
| Art period | Angkor Wat |
| Age | 17 Century BE. |
| Religion | Brahmanism-Hinduism |
| Religion and belief | Mokkasal from Ramayana is the scene when Laksana was wounded by Mokkasak spear from Kumphakan, the brother of Tossakan. Raman and his warlords were trying to remove it from him. |
| Related artwork | The person who is trying to remove the spear may be Raman and the wounded person may be Laksana. Beside Raman, there is a person with a giant face, which may be Pipek. |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-02-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
