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Images of Phra Mae Thorani are common in shrines and Buddhist temples of Burma, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos. According to Buddhist myths, Phra Mae Thorani is personified as a young woman wringing the cool waters of detachment out of her hair to drown Mara , the demon sent to tempt Gautama Buddha as he meditated under the Bodhi Tree .
Here, Phosop is worshiped along with other goddesses, Nang Kwak and Phra Mae Thorani, all three of them are in the same shrine. The idol of Phosop is believed to have been made of gold before, but in the 1970s it was stolen from three men from outside the area. Until now, the original idol is still not found [20].
Phra Bhum Chaiya mongkol (พระภูมิชัยมงคล - Bhummaso), "Tutelary deity of Earth and Land" [2] in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and myanmar Phra Mae Thorani and Phra Nang Bhum Chaiya (พระนางภูมิไชยา - Bhummaso ), " Tutelary goddess of Earth and Land" in Thailand , Cambodia , Laos and myanmar
The old ordination hall. Mural of Phra Mae Thorani. Phra Mu Tao (center) with two minor other chedi. Wat Chomphuwek (Thai: วัดชมภูเวก, pronounced [wát t͡ɕʰōm.pʰūː wêːk]; also spelled: Wat Chumpoo Wek) is a civil Thai Buddhist temple in Mahā Nikāya sect, located on Soi Nonthaburi 33, Sanam Bin Nam Road, Tambon Tha Sai, Amphoe Mueang Nonthaburi, Nonthaburi ...
She is generally respected along with goddess Ganga and Mae Phra phay (wife of Vayu) from Hinduism with Phra Mae Thorani and Phosop from tai folk religion, They five are usually worshipped or mentioned together., Her famous and much talked about sculptures in Thailand include Kuan Yin Inter-Religious Park Phu Sawan sub district, Kaeng Krachan ...
In response to Mara, Buddha touched the ground, and Phra Mae Thorani, the earth goddess, appeared to be the witnesses for the Buddha's enlightenment. [7] [8] In East Asia, this mudra (also called the Maravijaya attitude) may show Buddha's fingers not reaching as far as the ground, as is usual in Burmese or Indian depictions.
Learning that the maras asked him to give up, he touched the ground and called the Phra Mae Thorani to help him fight with the maras. [1] Thoranee called tonnes of water and flooded away the maras. The episode results in the name Mara Vichai which means the "Victory (vichai) over the Mara".
The Trai Bhet (Khmer: ត្រៃ្យភេត) is a treatise on Khmer cosmogony composed at the latest at the end of the 17th century. [1] As one of Cambodia's national epics, it is another Khmer version of the Hindu epic Ramayana, different again from the Khmer Reamker.