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What does devaraja mean?
god-king
“Devarāja” was the religious order of the “god-king”, or deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia. The devaraja concept of divine right of kings was adopted by the indianised Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms of Southeast Asia through Indian Hindu Brahmins scholars deployed in the courts.
Who is the king of god in India?
Indra, in Hindu mythology, the king of the gods. He is one of the main gods of the Rigveda and is the Indo-European cousin of the German Wotan, Norse Odin, Greek Zeus, and Roman Jupiter. In early religious texts, Indra plays a variety of roles.
What is it called when the king is also a god?
The divine right of kings, or divine-right theory of kingship, is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving his right to rule directly from the will of God.
What did the Khmer empire build?
The scale of his construction programme was unprecedented: he built temples, monuments, highways, a hundred hospitals, and the spectacular Angkor Thom complex – a city within a city in Angkor. Jayavarman also expanded the empire’s territorial control to its zenith.
What is devarāja cause and effect?
Revering the king as god incarnated on earth is the concept of devaraja. The devarāja order grew out of both Sanatana Dharma and separate local traditions depending on the area. It taught that the king was a divine universal ruler, a manifestation of Shri Bhagawan (often attributed to Shiva or Vishnu).
Where did Hindu deities live according to Hindu cosmology?
temple
Several of the Purana texts are named after major Hindu deities such as Vishnu, Shiva and Devi. Other texts and commentators such as Adi Shankara explain that Hindu deities live or rule over the cosmic body as well in the temple of human body.
Who was the last god king?
Norodom Sihanouk Varman
Norodom Sihanouk Varman was a giant among political giants. Fondly known as Samdech Euv by the older generation and Samdech Ta by the younger generation, he was the last Khmer god-king, the lofty epithet bestowed on Khmer monarchs during the Angkor era.