Image title: Phiphek

[Category: Asuras and Brahmas of Longka]

Phiphek : He was the third son of Lastian through Rachada. In the earlier birth he was Vetsuyan Thephabut (Visvajnana Devaputra). Phra Isuan wanted him to become a human being. He was the brother of Thotsakan. He knew the secrets of the demons which he told Phra Ram. He had a wife of the name of Trichada (Trijata). Through her he had a daughter Benjakay. He knew Triphet (Triveda) and Astrology. On the birth of Sida he had predicted that she was very inauspicious and would lead to the destruction of the Raksasa race. It was he who had put her in a casket which he had floated in a river.

On being insulted by Thotsakan on his suggestion that Nang Sida be returned to Phra Ram, he joined the latter and on many a crucial occasion rewaled the former’s secrets and was thus instrumental in his death.

Gallery information:

The images depict the main characters from the Ramakien, Thailand's national epic representing the Siamese / Thai version of the Ramayana. They are taken from Professor Satya Vrat Shastri’s book “Ramayana in Southeast Asia”. These images depict in detail the complexions, facial expressions, head-gears, number of arms and heads and the postures, evidence par excellence as how Thai Muse had conceived them. The Ramakien does not necessarily follow the Valmiki Ramayana in the delineation of the episodes