The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XLIV, Part 1-2, 1956 - Khamkoo

THl can lHJ sc•un, also a monkey, the fol'mer
and lattrr eal'l'y el nbs.
The pillars snpporting tht• phlillll'lit are identically seulpturcd
~hroughont. with heart·Shed objects.
'l'nming to t.he art: of the sculptor on the pediment, tho
tortoise supports an earthen :iar nncl on each side of tllC' jar sit two
small figures.
'l'he ehnrning sti(:k, within the jar, has tl1e body of
a t.ht•ee- hearlecl Nnga twisted IU'onncl it.
'1\l make the churning
motion tlHee gods on tho ldt a1·e pulling the snake's body at the
tai.l end and three demons at the head or right side fauing the
doorway, pnll in opposition.
The chnrning of Uw ilcean produces
the amrUa ancl othe1• precious things which had been lost and caused
the gocls to appeal to the might.y Vishnu.
'l'ho !{Ods al the tail are
kept cool by the clonds, alw~•ys in this vicinity, while the hot breath
issuing from the N aga's month makes it a very uncomftwt able exercise
for the demons.
Further np the churning stick is the climbing
figure of VisiH1n wilh an animal perched on top.
On the left, as
if snppol'ling the gods, is a Ganula with a human nose-pl'e-Angkor
Wat period-and a male figure with headgear. 'l'o the right, as if
on the side of the clemons,. is an elephant with two hnmans on ita
liaok. An·1al'I'ay
of goll-like creatures supports the scene, sik' on· tlie
t•ight Side of 'the churr1ing stick and two on the left. 'I' he whole is
snrmounted by t,he llomhed undnlatiug bodies nf Lhe Naga witli.flameshal)ed
foliage., riding o.;,·er the nnd nlat.io1is, O!'t eithet• side the