Indra Riding Airavata - Khmer Relief

On permanent display at the Denver Art Museum. Captured without a tripod in low light conditions. Airavata or Erawan is a mythological white elephant who carries the Hindu god Indra. It is also called 'abhra-Matanga', meaning "elephant of the clouds"; 'Naga-malla', meaning "the fighting elephant"; and 'Arkasodara', meaning "brother of the sun". Airavata has ten tusks and five trunks and is spotless white. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airavata) Indra is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity in Buddhism, and the king of first heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism. He is the god of lightning, thunder, storms, rains and river flows. Indra is the most referred to deity in the Rigveda. - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra) Indra Riding His Royal Elephant (Airavata) Cambodia or Thiland Khmer Empire 925-950, Koh Ker Peroid Sandstone Anonymous Gift - 2000.220 David Romero - March 2017 Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab本展品永久陈列于丹佛艺术博物馆（Denver Art Museum）。拍摄时未使用三脚架，且处于低光照环境中。 爱罗婆多（Airavata，又称Erawan）是承载印度神祇因陀罗的神话白象。它亦被称为"阿布罗-马坦加（abhra-Matanga）"，意为"云中之象"；"那伽-马拉（Naga-malla）"，意为"战象"；以及"阿尔卡索达拉（Arkasodara）"，意为"太阳之兄"。爱罗婆多生有十根象牙与五根象鼻，通体洁白无瑕。——[维基百科](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airavata) 因陀罗（Indra）是印度教中的吠陀神祇，佛教中的护法神，同时也是耆那教中名为苏达摩劫（Saudharmakalpa）的第一天界之主。祂司掌雷电、风暴、降雨与河川奔流。因陀罗是《梨俱吠陀》中被提及次数最多的神祇。——[维基百科](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra) 《骑乘御象爱罗婆多的因陀罗》（Indra Riding His Royal Elephant (Airavata)） 该作品出自柬埔寨（Cambodia）或泰国（Thailand），属于高棉帝国（Khmer Empire）时期，制作年代为925至950年，即科科尔时期（Koh Ker Period）。材质为砂岩（Sandstone）。该作品于2000年由匿名捐赠入藏，馆藏编号为2000.220。 拍摄者：大卫·罗梅罗（David Romero），2017年3月 数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab