Ta Nei () is a late 12th century stone temple in
Angkor
Angkor ( , 'capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura (; ),Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen. 1977. ''Cambodian-English Dictionary''. Bureau of Special Research in Modern Languages. The Catholic Uni ...
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Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
. Built during the reign of King
Jayavarman VII, it is near the northwest corner of the
East Baray, a large holy reservoir. It was dedicated to the
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),*
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was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was ...
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Plan
Ta Nei was extended initially toward the east and then enlarged with three small
gopuras on the north, west and south and a large east gopura that is essentially a part of the inner, galleried enclosure. As at
Ta Prohm, city walls were begun but were probably never finished. Today only two outer gopuras exist to the west and east.
The length of the urban enclosure was 190m. Inside are two long, narrow tank moats on the north and south. The original east gopura now stands isolated, and the original northeast and southeast corner towers are now part of the gallery.
There is a small library near the south side and a chamber connects the sanctuary to the north gopura.
[''Ancient Angkor'', Michael Freeman and Claude Jacques, p. 131, 2003.]
Gallery
See also
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Banteay Kdei
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Bayon
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Ta Prohm
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Ta Prohm Kel
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Ta Som
References
Notes
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Angkorian sites in Siem Reap province
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