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The elephant on which Indra rides (usually three-headed, and sometimes one-headed; also called Erawan) |
from Banteay Srei |
from Banteay Srei |
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apsaras |
A celestial dancer who delights the inhabitants of paradise. |
from Angkor Wat |
from Bayon |
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asura (rakshasa) |
from Angkor Wat |
from Angkor Thom |
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Hindu creator god with four directional faces and four hands. |
from Sofitel Hotel |
from an Angkor hotel |
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Churning of the Sea of Milk |
A Hindu myth in which gods & demons cooperate to churn the ocean, in order to produce immortality. The body of a long naga (a serpent) is used as the rope. |
from Angkor Wat |
from Preah Khan |
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Female deity. |
from Angkor Wat |
from Preah Khan |
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A human-shaped god or warrior which guards the entrances to temples. |
from Prea Ko |
from Thommanon |
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A tower with four faces which probabily represent Jayavarman VII as Bodhisattva of Compassion or some other deity. |
from Angkor Thom |
from Bayon |
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An elephant-headed son of Shiva. According to legend, Shiva cut his son's head in anger and in remorse replaced it with the first that came to hand, the head of an elephant, Airavata, of Indra. |
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from Cambodian Cultural Village |
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In Hinduism, Hanuman is a monkey-man who aided Rama (an avatar of Vishnu) in rescuing his wife, Sita, from Ravana, the king of rakshasa (i. e., asuras) ruling the land of Lanka. |
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from Banteay Srei |
from Sofitel Hotel |
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The King of the Gods in early Hinduism with the elephant mount Airavata, subordinate to Vishnu and Shiva In Buddhism, Indra and Brahma accompany Buddha. |
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from Lolei |
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One of the avatars, or incarnations of Vishnu, and hero of an epic. |
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libraries |
from Angkor Wat |
from Angkor Wat |
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linga |
Linga, a stylised phallus, is used as a symbol for the worship of Hindu God Shiva. |
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makara |
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A multi-headed naga that sheltered Buddha under his hood during a rainstorm. |
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naga |
A snake or dragon, often multi-headed, appears on temple causeways ("naga bridges") as a bridge between the earthly and celestial worlds; also involved in Churning of Sea of Milk. |
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Narasimha |
Fourth avatar of Vishnu, Narasimha is a lion-man which killed Hiranyakashipu in a legend. |
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A bull, Shiva's vehicle, whose sculptures are included in the courtyards of most Shiva temples. |
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Also called Ramker, Ramayana is a Hindu epic which tells the story of Rama (an avatar of Vishnu) to recover his wife Sita with assistance from Hanuman. |
from Cambodian Cultural Village |
from Tonle Mekong Restaurant |
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A multi-headed & -armed demon ruling Lank in the epic of Ramayana. |
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One of Hindu Great Gods, symbol of the creative and destructive power of nature, riding the bull Nandi. The central image in Shiva temples is the linga. |
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One of Hindu Great Gods, who upholds cosmic law and righteousness through many incarnations. His best-known avatars are Rama, the hero-king of the Ramayana, and Krishna. He rides Garuda. |
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The Lord of the dead and directional guardian of the South, multi-armed and holding clubs. His steed is the buffalo. |
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