Editing Khmer architecture (section)

===Nāga Bridge===
[[File:Statues over a bridge-angkor.jpg|thumb|right|Stone [[Asura (Buddhism)|Asuras]] hold the '''nāga''' [[Vasuki (snake)|Vasuki]] on a bridge leading into the 12th century city of [[Angkor Thom]].]]
Nāga bridges are causeways or true bridges lined by stone [[balustrade]]s shaped as nāgas.

In some Angkorian nāga-bridges, as for example those located at the entrances to 12th century city of [[Angkor Thom]], the nāga-shaped balustrades are supported not by simple posts but by stone statues of gigantic warriors. These giants are the [[Deva (Hinduism)|devas]] and [[Asura (Hinduism)|asuras]] who used the nāga king [[Vasuki (snake)|Vasuki]] in order to the churn the Ocean of Milk in quest of the [[amrita]] or elixir of immortality. The story of the Churning of the Ocean of Milk or [[samudra manthan]] has its source in Indian mythology.