The sacred nature of neak Pean

The sacred nature of neak Pean

The sacred nature of neak Pean

Pean temple there are five ponds and four small ponds around the large pond in the middle.
Pean Baray is located in the middle of "Victor / Jayatataka" or Northern Baray Baray, which has a width of 900 mm and a length of 3,500 mm.
The temple is built on the same axis with Preah Khan, built on an artificial island, one side has a length of 350 m and a ladder laterite and designed by receipts. In addition, the wall length of 340 mm in a corner surrounded castle.
The central temple is located on the axis of the cross-shaped pools or showers. The first name that is known is her kingdom as Rajasri Pean's modern name, which means "dragon surrounded" the dragon, which surrounded the temple.
According to the words of George Sodes, Finot, and Victor Goloubew given the hypothesis that the "big pond middle of the pond is represented anovotabt a holy pond at Mount Meru-centric world. Pond This gave birth to the rivers charm the big four are: 'Ganges, river Brahma son, River weep today, the river staffs and' pond All of this size is 25 mm in one corner, which at Pean they define an image comes represent these rivers and statues were a symbol element creatures: «Water, soil, fire, and air. ' Water Elephant represented by the north, theatokhyal represented by the heads of the horses in the west, Fire represented by the heads of lions in the south, and the element represented by a human head in the east. Anovotabt pond was filled with hot water springs and are respected in India for the power of kerok of water.
In addition, according to the inscription of Preah Pean spoke about a "mystical island of island beauty rise up and wash all the mud skeptical of coming here to go with me." Bethesda, four and all the spray nozzle discharges carve a variety of human and animal heads, which was thought to have healing properties. This casts doubt that the island Pean minutes therapist or may be used where sins. The suspect is also in line with the sculpture avloketesvar in several places, the TEP rescue beings. Moreover, there is carving its position as the horse to rescue a group of merchant ship ogress as his prey.
Sacred water flows out of the drainage connection from the four large ponds and drainage features are different:
- North: Elephant
- South: Lion's head
- East: a human head
- West: a horse head.

There are four small roof slope dome decorated with lotus position.
- Bethesda North Bethesda for lotthipreahma they assume that the water from the Elephant mail Ganges River Ganges.
- Pond Pond East River flows Brahma son. It is believed that flow from this boosts the power of wisdom as a female Bodhisattva As brachnha_barmitea and purity.
- South Pond represent female power represents the power of the king. When the desired power Ranariddh fight to succeed them in a pond south pond, creating a river called staffs and why they made the river staffs and lion heads, because the lion was born in hell Trai. Tor was born out of the flames of divine wrath swept constitute a lion as Tunisia policies. Drink from a lion's head, believed to have the power and blessings from the goddess Tunisia policies that she killed the giant buffalo head violent hero.
- Western pond drink from the horses they believe will get power immortality vast powers of preahpeay because this horse was born in hell tevlok Vishnu gave preahpeay vehicle. West lake or river flowing creating a whine.
Meanwhile, from the central tower was opened in the east, and three other corner was blocked by a statue absence talo honor no swap and small reliefs of elephants on each side. On the pediment of the tower, depicting the life of Buddha:
- East pediment: Buddha hair
- Western pediments: Buddha of protection goddess mouch Talents
- Pediments North: leave the Buddha's Palace
- South pediments: Buddhist meditation under the Bodhi.
In the central tower was carved body goddess (Sunda and index) chhvay cords around the foundation and the dragon's tail ptthopn in the west is the assumption called Castle said Pean. Special characters in the big pond is chamleaklot horse was swimming towards the island, and an image to hold their horses. This horse is a virtual world seek to rescue merchant ship called dry and his colleagues from the plague. They were shipwrecked in Sri Lanka and was arrested as fodder by the ogress who has the longest fangs.