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Bas-reliefs of Preah Neang Deví

Bodhisattva – before he became Buddha – and Ráma are incarnations of Visnu. Thus, Bodhisattva’s and Ráma’s sakti are incarnations of Visnu’s wife. Before he reached the state of enlightenment, when he was still Bodhisattva, Buddha had accomplished the ten perfections, the Dasá játaka, symbolized by the ten previous lives of the Blessed:   Relinquishment of passion and progression to a religious state, in the Temiya játaka Diligence, in the Mahájanaka játaka Charity, in the Suvannasáma játaka Determination, in the Nemirája játaka Intelligence, in the Mahosatha jáaka Moral standards, in the Bhúrdatta játaka Patience, in the Canda Kumára játaka Impartiality, in the Nárada Brahma játaka Truth, in the Vidhúrapandita játaka Self-sacrifice, in the Vessabtara játaka The museum owns a frieze (Ka. 1701) that depicts Vessantara and his wife Madrí (Metri in Khmer) giving alms. A lintel (Ka.1832) tells the story of Ráma and his brother Laksmana chasing Sitá and Hanumán carry...