Crowned Naga-Protected Buddha
During one of the weeks following his enlightenment, the Buddha Shakyamuni was sheltered from the rain by a serpent known as a "naga." In Cambodia, the naga, in the form of a multi-headed hooded cobra, was considered to be the spirit of the irrigating rivers and canals as well...
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Luang Ban, Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, 1948 or earlier [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1992.[1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 445, from foundation records: ""Not from Lopburi but from Angkor Wat.""
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