Wat Ek Phnom, the Glossary
Wat Ek Phnom is an Angkorian temple located on the left side of the Sangkae River at the small creek of Prek Daun Taev northwest the Peam Aek spot approximately 9 km north of the city of Battambang in north western Cambodia.[1]
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- Angkorian sites
Baphuon
The Baphuon (ប្រាសាទបាពួន) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. Wat Ek Phnom and Baphuon are Angkorian sites.
Baray
A baray (បារាយណ៍) is an artificial body of water which is a common element of the architectural style of the Khmer Empire of Southeast Asia.
Battambang
Battambang (បាត់ដំបង, UNGEGN) is the capital of Battambang Province and the third largest city in Cambodia.
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Battambang province
Battambang (បាត់ដំបង) is a province of Cambodia in the far northwest of the country.
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Bodhi Tree
The Bodhi Tree ("tree of awakening"), also called the Mahabodhi Tree, Bo Tree, is a large sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa) located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India.
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Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.
David P. Chandler
David Porter Chandler (born 1933) is an American historian and academic who is regarded as one of the foremost western scholars of Cambodia's modern history.
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Govardhan Hill
Govardhana Hill (गोवर्धन), also called Mount Govardhana and Giriraj, is a sacred Hindu site in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India on an 8 km long hill located in the area of Govardhan and Radha Kund, which is about from Vrindavan.
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Hindu mythology
Hindu mythology is the body of myths attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana) the Puranas, and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and ''Divya Prabandham'', and the Mangal Kavya of Bengal.
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Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
Kaliya
Kaliya (IAST: Kāliya, Devanagari: कालिय), in Hindu traditions, was a venomous Nāga living in the Yamunā river, in Vṛndāvana.
Kāla
Kala (translit) is a Sanskrit term that means 'time' or 'death'.
Khleangs
The Khleangs are two buildings of unknown purpose on the east side of the Royal Square in Angkor Thom, Cambodia, located just behind the twelve towers of Prasat Suor Prat and separated by the royal route that leads from the Angkor Thom Royal Palace to the Victory Gate.
Khmer architecture
Khmer architecture (ស្ថាបត្យកម្មខ្មែរ), also known as Angkorian architecture (ស្ថាបត្យកម្មសម័យអង្គរ), is the architecture produced by the Khmers during the Angkor period of the Khmer Empire from approximately the later half of the 8th century CE to the first half of the 15th century CE.
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Khmer Empire
The Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia, centered around hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia.
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Krishna
Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism.
Laterite
Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas.
Lintel
A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces.
Peam Aek
Peam Aek is a khum (commune) of Aek Phnum District in Battambang Province in north-western Cambodia.
Pediment
Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape.
Prasat
Prasat (ប្រាសាទ, ปราสาท) is a Khmer and Thai term meaning "castle", "palace", or "temple" (derived from the Sanskrit / प्रासाद).
Sangkae River
The Sangkae River (ស្ទឹងសង្កែ, Stung Sangkae; also spelled Stung Sangké or Stung Sangkhae) is one of the main rivers in Battambang Province in north western Cambodia.
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Suryavarman I
Suryavarman I (សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី១; posthumously Nirvanapada) was king of the Khmer Empire from 1006 to 1050.
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See also
Angkorian sites
- APSARA
- Arogayasala
- Baphuon
- East Baray
- Prasat Bayang
- Wat Ek Phnom
- West Baray
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Ek_Phnom
Also known as Ek Phnum.