Angkor Vat legend
Angkor Wat in 1870 ( idealized view )
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The Khmer literature
After the independence and up to the Red Khmer period , French is the common language although Khmer is the official language
During the Red Khmer period , knowing a foreign language was punishable by death penalty
On 57 writers of the 20th century cited by Khing Hoc Dy , in his book :
Contribution to the history of the Khmer literature , 28 have disappeared under the Red Khmer period …
So there was nothing left of the Khmer literature …
Dr. Khing Hoc Dy
Dr. Khing Hoc Dy , researcher at the CNRS , based on texts kept in France , undertook to refound the Cambodian literature , especially from the 16th up to the 21st century
He also found the legendary texts and passed them on to us in his book :
Tales and legends of the Khmer country
Thanks to his research , here is , out from his book , and with his kind permission , the legend of the temple of Angkor Wat
Legend of the Angkor Wat temple
Formerly , in 544 of the Buddhist era ( year 1 of the Christian era ) , year of the Monkey , Neak Vong and Neang Teav , a common-born couple with divine merits , aged of thirty-one were waved and ascended to the throne
The monarch took the reign name of Preah-Bat-Samdash Tévavong Aschar , i.e. ” Wonderful Sovereign of the Divine Lineage “
He settled in the royal palace of Mohanokor , the ” Great City “
The royal couple reigned peacefully without an enemy daring to disturb him
Mandarins , Brahmins and the people lived calmly thanks to the marvelous merits and power of the rulers
The King Tevavong Aschar had no children
He ordered the queen to observe the Buddhist precepts in order to obtain a son
She accepted and prepared the ritual of asking for a son
At the end of seven days , the queen dreamed that Indra , the supreme king of the gods , was descending from heaven coming to touch her belly and offering her a garland of flowers
Then he returned to his heavenly residence
When she awoke , she told her august husband of this dream
The great monarch summoned a diviner to interpret it
Having reflected , he say s:
The queen is going to have a son filled with a power that will defeat all enemies from all directions
Shortly after , the queen was pregnant
When the pregnancy was complete , she gave birth to a son of a great beauty
The king , the excellent father , gave him the name of Ketomealea , that is to say , ” Light-garland-of-flowers ” corresponding to the dream of the queen
When Ketomealea grew up and reached the age of six , Indra orderedto the god Méatolei to take the divine chariot Pichayon to fetch him and lead him to the ” Thirty-Three ” Sky
Ketomealea , indeed , in the previous existence , had been the son of Indra
He had sent him to be reborn as a human being to protect the Buddhist religion and to take care of the Kingdom in glory , prosperity and peace
At nightfall , the god Méatolei ascended the divine chariot Pichayon , descended from heaven , entered the palace and took Ketomealea with care in his arms
Then he put him in the divine chariot Pichayon which flew away
He took him to Indra in the ” Thirty-Three ” Sky
In the morning , the King Tevavong Aschar and the queen woke up and did not see their son
They were very distressed , they summoned a diviner to do magic calculations
These predicts :
As for the august child who has disappeared , it suffices that the people , the mandarins , the Brahmans of the whole kingdom observe the Buddhist precepts for seven days Then we will find the august child in the palace
The sovereign therefore ordered all the people of the kingdom , to find his august son , to observe the Buddhist precepts
The whole people did according to the order of the king
As for Indra , the supreme sovereign , he taught Ketomealea the ten royal duties
He bathed him seven times a day for seven days in a scented basin of his garden
Then he invited seven deified Brahmins to come and recite magic formulas and sprinkle wonderful water on Ketomealea so that he could live more than a hundred years
All these rituals finished , Indra ordered the coachman to harness the august divine chariot , which had Ketomealea mounted there and flew over his palaces so that he would appreciate all their beauty
When Ketomealea had looked in detail at the Indra palaces , the coachman took him to visit the celestial stables as well
Then Indra asked him :
Are you happy with what you have just seen ?
I’m amazed , he replied
Indra added :
Good ! I will entrust you with the kingdom of Cambodia
For this , if you like one of my palaces and if you want to build one in Cambodia of the same beauty , you just have to make the wish
I am going to send you an architect so that he can build it immediately in your kingdom
Indra’s mother had taken him to heaven with a god , the grand master of the plastic arts and architecture
This young man had endeavored to learn to draw , to carve , to play music with his divine master
Having assimilated all the subjects taught to him , he knew how to build a boat that could move on land , sculpt on silver and gold , melt all metals and mix water with clay to turn them into stone …
Angkor Wat
Photo : Terry Luong
The young prince , very amazed and very impressed by Indra , think s:
I must not build a palace in my kingdom more beautiful or as beautiful as the palaces of Indra
This may cause his discontent
Ketomealea having thus thought , replied :
I would like to build a palace which has a beauty comparable to that of your stables
The sovereign of the gods said with a smile :
Does the beauty of my stables please you ?
Indra then summoned Pisnouka
He was the son of the heavenly dancer named Tip Soda Chan ” Divine Girl of the Moon ” and the old Lim Seng
When Pisnouka arrived , Indra said :
You are of human birth , you can not live forever in the paradise
I am going to send you to Cambodia and you will build there , for my son Ketomealea , a palace as beautiful as my stables
When you have finished building it , I will come down to preside over the ceremony of my son’s coronation so that he will ascend to the throne
At the end of the seven days , thanks to the power of the merits of the inhabitants of the whole kingdom who had followed the Buddhist precepts , Indra ordered Méatolei to harness his divine chariot and take Ketomealea back to Cambodia
The King Tepvavong-Aschar and the Queen were very happy to see their son again
Pisnouka began then to build the palace of Angkor Wat
The construction finished , he painted each of the bas-reliefs of the different colors which suited them so that the beauty of this palace was comparable to that of the stables of Indra
Ketomealea , very satisfied with this palace , praised Pisnouka and asked him to build others , also decorated with beautiful bas-reliefs
Indra , the supreme ruler , accompanied in procession by many deities , descended down to the lower world to give the wave to his august son and confer on him the name of coronation :
Aritha-Polapé A-Hano , i.e. ” Powerful Destroyer of
Enemies “
Finally he gave to our Khmer country the name of Kampuchea ( Cambodia ) which still remains to it today
Legends
It is difficult to get an idea of the real life told by the Khmer legends at the time of the legend , because if they speak well of gods who are in heaven , their interactions and visits to the Earth , but they are all been adapted by the Buddhists up to their religion , as Christians did it
But in this legend , we find everything that makes up the history of the Atlanteans and the Tokharians
The heavenly god , who sows a human
It is a divine chariot that comes to get him from heaven to take him there and bring him back
The sky of the thirty- three , that is to say that the council of the gods is composed of 33 members
Everybody gods of course , even if there is a boss , Indra
Of course , we find a way that increases the possibility of lifetime :
Instead of 100 years , he can live up to 300 years , thanks to the magic water
And this boat sailing on land is a very interesting vehicle :
Amphibious tank or truck
And all this technology that exactly matches the technology of the Neolithic Tokharians
And of course we are in the lower world , in technology but also in physical situation , since it needs a special vehicle to come
On the other hand , Buddhism is well in this legend , an anachronism
The life of Buddha is considered to have taken place from
-624 to -544
The Ramayana , from which this legend is inspired , dates from more than 5000 years ago
It is therefore clear that the Buddhists , receivers of the culture and legends , have rewritten the legend , including Buddhist precepts
Out from : EARTH IS THE AIM 4 , The Tokharians
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