Sacred statue of Siem Reap people called Angkor guards

 

Siem Reap: There are three out of five entrances to Angkor. The three gates have three statues: Ta Pich or Yeay Sous and Ta Reach, which the people of Siem Reap often refer to as guards. Angkor.

In Khmer vocabulary, the word ta refers to the father or mother and is an old man who can be considered like his grandfather. . As for Reach, which is derived from the Pali / Samstret language, it means "you are glorious because you have great power" is king. In conclusion, Ta Reach means "Neak Ta Sdech", a name that the people of Siem Reap called for many generations, probably after the Angkorian period. So much. This statue turns its smiling face to the west and is about 4 meters high on a sandstone form.

This sculpture has hairpins (no amulets) adorned with beads around the face, smiling, looking down in meditation similar to the face. Bodhisattva in Bayon style, long earring without earrings. The body has no clothes, jewelry and small bodhisattvas. As for the eight hands, there are lotus flowers and spoon-shaped objects resembling the Avalokitesvara statue from Phnom Dey (Siem Reap). The sculpture has a flower-striped skirt, a fish tail attached to the headband, and a Bayon-style aloe vera sculpture. In almost all publications, Taraja is described as Vishnu, citing King Soyyavarman II (1113-1150 AD) as the founder Hinduism is Vishnuism.

After studying the sculptures of the stars, we can explain that the statue is indeed the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, based on this image. Vishnu-like ornaments, Bayon style and personalized jewelry decoration. The name of the bodhisattva that the Mahayana Buddhists, in combination with their own beliefs, proclaimed to be great in nurturing him in The religion of Sakyamuni Gotama compared to the great Brahma or Vishnu of the Brahmins is also called Avalokitesvara. The word Avalokitesvara (Samstret) Avalokit, "the one who looks up + the one who is the greatest," means the greatest bodhisattva. They have meditative gestures, anticipation of nature and save the world, sometimes called Kesvara by (Sanskrit) <Mr. "World" + រៈvara: "The greatest" The greatest in the world or the beast is the name of the bodhisattva who is superior to the beast. In Khmer sculpture, the image of Lokitevara with the immortal Buddha (the person with immortal light) is often carved as a symbol of no light The western border is the healer of animal sins.