Shiva lingam

Site common name	Prachinburi National Museum
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Sub district	Na Mueang
District	Mueang Prachin Buri
Province	Prachin Buri
Region	East
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 14.047306 Long : 101.37467
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 756401 N : 155423.89
Place of artwork	Prachinburi National Museum

History of production	No evidence related to the origin.
Production process	Carved sandstone
Conservation	It was found at Amphoe Aranyaprathet, Sa Kaeo province
Art	The Shiva lingam is composed of 3 important parts. The bottom part is a square, the center part is an octagon, and the top part is a circle.
Key academic information	This Shiva lingam is in a complete condition. It is one of the important examples of Shiva lingam in Khmer Arts in Thailand.
Notice	- Normally the square and the octagon parts will be under the Yoni base and the only part that is above the Yoni base is the circle. - The 3 parts of the Shiva lingam which are square, circle, and octagon represent the Trimurati in Brahmanism. The square is called Brahma the creator, the octagon is called Vishnu the preserver, and the circle is called Shiva the destroyer.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lopburi, Khmer Art in Thailand
Age	14th -18th century B.E
Religion	Brahmanism

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-09-30
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
Bibliography	สุภัทรดิศ ดิศกุล, หม่อมเจ้า. ประติมากรรมขอม. กรุงเทพฯ : กรุงสยามการพิมพ์, 2515. สุภัทรดิศ ดิศกุล. ศิลปะขอม. กรุงเทพฯ : องค์การค้าของคุรุสภา, 2533. สุภัทรดิศ ดิศกุล, หม่อมเจ้า. ศิลปะสมัยลพบุรี. กรุงเทพฯ : มหาวิทาลัยศิลปากร, 2547.