Sunthareevani
Sign in to savePhra Sunthariwani, also known as Nang Sunthariwani, is a goddess in the Thai Buddhist tradition, regarded as the protector of the Dhamma and the Tripiṭaka. She is venerated especially at Wat Suthat Thepwararam Ratchaworamahawihan. Depicted with a pure white body, she is adorned in royal Thai attire, dressed in white, with two arms. Her right hand is in a beckoning gesture (later changed to the vitarka mudrā), and her left hand holds a crystal ball in her lap.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Buddhist
- Deity.name
- Phra Sunthariwani
- Deity.deity_of
- Goddess of wisdomKeeper of Dhamma and Tripiṭaka
- Deity.image
- 012 Regal Buddha (9172259804).jpg
- Deity.caption
- Traditional Thai-style Sunthariwani statue at Wat Suthat Thepwararam Ratchaworamahawihan
- Deity.Devanagari
- सुन्दरीवाणी
- Deity.Sanskrit_transliteration
- sundarīvāṇī
- Deity.script_name
- Thai
- Deity.affiliation
- Dhammapāla
- Deity.abode
- Deva worldHuman world
- Deity.symbol
- Duangkaew
- Deity.temple
- Wat Suthat Thepwararam Ratchaworamahawihan
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Brahmanism / Jainism
- Deity.equivalent1
- Saraswati
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Buddhism in Japan / Buddhism in China / Shinto
- Deity.equivalent2
- Benzaiten
- Deity.equivalent3_type
- Burmese Buddhism
- Deity.equivalent3
- Thuyathadi
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- worshipped by
- Buddhism in Thailand
- Commons category
- Sunthareevani
- iconographic symbol
- Cintāmaṇi
- domain of saint or deity
- protection
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Modern Veneration
- Locations of Images
- Mantra
- References
Phra Sunthariwani, also known as Nang Sunthariwani, is a goddess in the Thai Buddhist tradition, regarded as the protector of the Dhamma and the Tripiṭaka. She is venerated especially at Wat Suthat Thepwararam Ratchaworamahawihan. Depicted with a pure white body, she is adorned in royal Thai attire, dressed in white, with two arms. Her right hand is in a beckoning gesture (later changed to the vitarka mudrā), and her left hand holds a crystal ball in her lap.
The worship of Phra Sunthariwani has parallels to that of Saraswati in Hinduism, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Burmese Buddhism, as well as Benzaiten in Japanese Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, and Shinto.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sunthareevani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.