Buddha meditation on the naga. Cambodia, Khmer Angkorian Art, style of Baphuon, 11th th th...

Buddha meditation on the naga. Cambodia, Siemreap province, Bayon time. Khmer Angkorian art, style of the Baphuon, 11th th th th. Gres. During the seven weeks following the Awakening, the Buddha questioned the good of delivering his teaching. During the sixth week, lost in his intense meditation, he did not realize that a violent storm was overflowing them from the lake near which he was in danger of drowning. The polycephal cobra (naga) Mucilinda ensured its safeguarding by overhanging it above the waves and deploying its seven heads so that it was not bothered by the water spouts falling over it.