Editing Ta Prohm (section)

===Foundation and expansion===
In 1186 A.D., [[Jayavarman VII]] embarked on a massive program of construction and public works. Rajavihara ("monastery of the king"), today known as Ta Prohm ("ancestor Brahma"), was one of the first temples founded pursuant to that program. The [[stele]] commemorating the foundation gives a date of 1186 A.D.<ref>Glaize, p.143. For the text of the foundational stele and its translation into French, see Coèdes, "La stèle de Ta-Prohm."</ref>

Jayavarman VII constructed Rajavihara in honour of his family. The temple's main image, representing [[Prajnaparamita]], the personification of wisdom, was [[Model (person)|modelled]] on the king's mother. The northern and southern satellite temples in the third enclosure were dedicated to the king's guru, Jayamangalartha,<ref name=Coedes>{{cite book|last=Coedès| first=George| authorlink=George Coedès |editor=Walter F. Vella |others=trans.Susan Brown Cowing |title=The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year=1968|publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-0368-1}}</ref>{{rp|174}} and his elder brother respectively. As such, Ta Prohm formed a complementary pair with the temple monastery of [[Preah Khan]], dedicated in 1191 A.D., the main image of which represented the [[Bodhisattva]] of compassion [[Lokesvara]] and was modelled on the king's father.<ref name="Freeman and Jacques, p.136">Freeman and Jacques, p.136.</ref>

The temple's [[stele]] records that the site was home to more than 12,500 people (including 18 high priests and 615 dancers), with an additional 80,000 inhabitants in the surrounding villages working to provide services and supplies. The stele also notes that the temple amassed considerable riches, including gold, pearls, and silks.<ref>Glaize, p.143.</ref> Expansions and additions to Ta Prohm continued as late as the rule of Srindravarman at the end of the 13th century.