Busabok
A ''busabok'' ( th, บุษบก, ) is a small open structure used in Thai culture as a throne for the monarch or for the enshrinement of Buddha images or other sacred objects. It is square-based and open-sided, usually with twelve indented corners, with four posts supporting a roughly pyramidal multi-tiered roof culminating in a pointed spire, and usually richly decorated. The structure of the multi-tiered roof is very similar, but much smaller in size, to the ''mondop'' architectural form. The term is derived from the Sanskrit word , a reference to the Pushpaka Vimana, a flying chariot from the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' (and the Thai version ''Ramakien''). ''Busabok'' are used for royal thrones, including the Busabok Mala Throne in the Amarin Winitchai Throne Hall of the Grand Palace, as well as the thrones used ceremonially in royal barge processions. Smaller ''busabok'' are used to house objects associated with the king—an early documented example was used to carry the royal ...
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Busabok Mala Throne
A ''busabok'' ( th, บุษบก, ) is a small open structure used in Thai culture as a throne for the monarch or for the enshrinement of Buddha images or other sacred objects. It is square-based and open-sided, usually with twelve indented corners, with four posts supporting a roughly pyramidal multi-tiered roof culminating in a pointed spire, and usually richly decorated. The structure of the multi-tiered roof is very similar, but much smaller in size, to the ''mondop'' architectural form. The term is derived from the Sanskrit word , a reference to the Pushpaka Vimana, a flying chariot from the Hindu epic ''Ramayana'' (and the Thai version ''Ramakien''). ''Busabok'' are used for royal thrones, including the Busabok Mala Throne in the Amarin Winitchai Throne Hall of the Grand Palace, as well as the thrones used ceremonially in royal barge processions. Smaller ''busabok'' are used to house objects associated with the king—an early documented example was used to carry the royal ...
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