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Lintel carved of Vishnu Anantasayana
Keywords : Vishnu, Tap Lang (Lintels), Angkor Wat, Hindu, Suryavarman II
| 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 | Lintels in Angkor Wat inherited the pattern from Bapuan art. The garland in the middle of the lintel curves down and the garland is divided into small parts. However, the difference is that there is a storytelling scene in the lintel. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Angkor Wat |
| Age | 17 Century BE. |
| Religion | Brahmanism-Hinduism |
| Religion and belief | Vishnu Anantasayana is the time when Vishanu sleeps during the creation of the world. Each sleep is related to different period of time in each eternity. In the Varahapura scripture, it is mentioned that when Vishanu was sleeping, he dreamed and a lotus emerged from his navel and Bhraman is on top of the lotus. Then Bhraman creates the humans and other things. |
| Related artwork | The sculpture of human sleeping on Nagaraj is Vishanu. The ,human sitting on the lotus emerging from the abdomen of Vishanu is Bhraman. |
| 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 | 2015-07-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
