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Français : Les neuf Devas - Provenance exacte inconnue - Style des Khleang - Dernier quart du Xe siècle, début XIe siècle - Grès - Musée Guimet, Paris - De gauche à droite : Surya (le soleil) sur un char tiré par deux chevaux, Candra (la lune) sur un piédestal, Yama (juge des morts, gardien du sud) sur le buffle, Varuna (dieu des eaux, gardien de l'ouest) sur Hamsa, Indra (roi des dieux, gardien de l'est) sur l'éléphant Airavata, Kubera (dieu des richesses, gardien du nord) sur le cheval, Agni (dieu du feu, gardien du sud-est) sur le bélier, Rahu (démon de l'éclipse) dans un tourbillon de nuages et Ketu (la comète) sur le lion.
English: Nine Devas - Source unknown exact - Style Khleang - Last quarter of the tenth century, early eleventh century - Sandstone - Musée Guimet, Paris - Left to right: Surya (the sun) on a chariot pulled by two horses, Candra (moon) on a pedestal, Yama (judge of the dead, guardian of the South) on the buffalo, Varuna (god of water, guardian of the west) on Hamsa, Indra (king of gods, guardian of the east) on elephant Airavata, Kubera (god of wealth, guardian of the north) on the horse, Agni (god of fire, the guardian of the south-east) on the ram, Rahu (the demon of eclipse) in a swirl of clouds and Ketu (comet) on the lion.
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