Prissana Thamboon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6881239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Prissana Thamboon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Prissana |
| FAMILY NAME | Thamboon |
| SIGNATURE | THAMBOON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chiang Mai University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Possible Orientation of the Phanom Rung Temple to Spica on Solar Saka New Year’s Day
In this paper, we explore the off-east orientation of Prasat Hin Phanom Rung, a Khmer-style Hindu temple in northeastern Thailand that may have been aligned to a specific star in accordance with Vedic architectural rules known as Vastu Shastra. Our archaeoastronomical site survey yielded the temple’s axis, which we then compared to the azimuths of various stars during the Khmer Empire. Using Stellarium to calculate precession we found that Spica …
The Astronomical Orientation of the Thai Phimai Temple
In this paper we examine the orientation of Prasat Hin Phimai (an Angkorian-style Buddhist temple in Northeast Thailand) for its astronomical embodiment that could enrich the understanding of ancient culture and potentially date the temple. The obliquely-oriented Phimai Temple may have been aligned with an auspicious star observed relative to the Sun on the horizon, according to the ancient Indian Vastu Shastra principles of architecture. By comp…
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The Astronomical Orientation of the Thai Phimai Temple
In this paper we examine the orientation of Prasat Hin Phimai (an Angkorian-style Buddhist temple in Northeast Thailand) for its astronomical embodiment that could enrich the understanding of ancient culture and potentially date the temple. The obliquely-oriented Phimai Temple may have been aligned with an auspicious star observed relative to the Sun on the horizon, according to the ancient Indian Vastu Shastra principles of architecture. By comp…
Possible Orientation of the Phanom Rung Temple to Spica on Solar Saka New Year’s Day
In this paper, we explore the off-east orientation of Prasat Hin Phanom Rung, a Khmer-style Hindu temple in northeastern Thailand that may have been aligned to a specific star in accordance with Vedic architectural rules known as Vastu Shastra. Our archaeoastronomical site survey yielded the temple’s axis, which we then compared to the azimuths of various stars during the Khmer Empire. Using Stellarium to calculate precession we found that Spica …
Ancient history (2 works) · Astronomy (2 works) · History (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Temple (2 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 work) · Architectural and Urban Studies (1 work) · Coastal Management and Development (1 work) · Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability (1 work) · Geography (1 work)