Naga and Buddha

By the legend the Buddha was meditating when a thunderstorm attacked him. The Naga King Mucalinda coiled his body around him and spread the array of his heads over him, thus covering and protecting him like a powerful mother..

The body of the Naga was transformed to a triangular coil and high back rest. The Naga has been degraded to a piece of furniture. This Buddha on the Naga is the icon of Mahayana Buddhism in the Bayon era.

			See also: FEMALE & MALE POWER IN ANGKOR (with references) NAGA & GARUDA - a conflict-ridden relationship DEVATA - The beautiful Goddesses of Angkor
The Buddha protected by Naga, Wat Suthat, Bangkok	Buddha and Garuda paying homage to the Buddha (scratched out), Ta Prohm	The Buddha being seated on the Naga, Vihear Prampil Loveng