The importance of the Arch Frame of Buddha Chinnarat

Abstract

The purposes of this study, the importance of the arch frame of Buddha Chinnarat, were to investigate and analyze the important style of the Arch Frame of Buddha Chinnarat which was the importance composition of Buddha Chinnarat, housed in Wat Pra Sri Rattana Mahathat Vora Maha Vihara, a Buddhist temple in Phitsanulok Province, Thailand. There are two issues studied in this academic article Including 1) the study of a detail source of the arch frame of Buddha Chinnarat. and 2) the analysis of the arch frame of Buddha Chinnarat construction legend by evolutionism and functionalism theories. The result revealed that the arch frame of Buddha Chinnarat has an only style which echoes both old and new beliefs derived from Buddhist influences.