Malai Thera Image

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Object :
Malai Thera Image
Art style :
Rattanakosin
Material :
Bronze
Size :
15.7 cm. high with base, 7 cm. lap wide.
Era age :
ca. 25th  century BE.
Feature :
Sculpture of Malai Thera Image squat flat, right hand upset  over  shin , left hand assumption that held talipot fan but lost.  The story of Malai Thera  appears in the Scripture Malai Malai recipes as the sutra Tripitaka written in island of Lanka said to  Malai Deva Thera,  the image of the saint Lanka is a who was  very strong and a maximum mystics. He can travel to the underworld to bring about worship and joy in worship. And the suffering of animals in Hell notify relatives merit to go to hell from delusion to born in heaven and  joy in heaven upon to tell people the fear of sin, leave from sinful and done to merit to pleasure  in the future.
History :
Phra Kroo Vachirakun, abbot of Wat Koo yang, Kamphaeng Phet province, given.
Venue :
Kamphaeng Phet National Museum 
QR code :
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