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  pahng nahg prok coiling around the Buddha

 

Thailand

According to some old texts the naga king protected the meditating Buddha against heavy rainfall and flood waters by coiling its body around the Buddha, though this scene is in Thailand usually depicted as the Buddha seated in meditation on the coiled body of the naga (fig.).