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Devaraja, the Glossary

Devaraja was a religious order of the "god-king," or deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia.^[1]

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Culture of Southeast Asia
Indianized kingdoms
Khmer Empire
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Airavata

Amber, Rajasthan Airavata (lit) is a divine elephant, characterized by four tusks, seven trunks and a white complexion.

Airlangga (also spelled Erlangga), regnal name Rakai Halu Sri Lokeswara Dharmawangsa Airlangga Anantawikramottunggadewa (born 1002 in Bali, Indonesia – died 1049 in Java), was the only king of the Kingdom of Kahuripan. Devaraja and Airlangga are history of Java.

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Angkor

Angkor (អង្គរ, 'Capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura (យសោធរបុរៈ; यशोधरपुर),Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen.

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Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត, "City/Capital of Temples") is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia. Devaraja and Angkor Wat are Khmer Empire.

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Ashoka

Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka (– 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was Emperor of Magadha in the Indian subcontinent from until 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynasty.

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Austronesian peoples

The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, parts of Mainland Southeast Asia, Micronesia, coastal New Guinea, Island Melanesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar that speak Austronesian languages.

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Avatar

Avatar is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means.

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Balitung

Balitung was a Javanese king of Mataram. Devaraja and Balitung are history of Java.

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Baray

A baray (បារាយណ៍) is an artificial body of water which is a common element of the architectural style of the Khmer Empire of Southeast Asia.

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Bhagavan

The word Bhagavan (Bhagavān; italics), also spelt as Bhagwan (sometimes translated in English as "Lord", "God"), an epithet within Indian religions used to denote figures of religious worship.

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Bodhisattva

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (English:; translit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.

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Borobudur

Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur (Candi Borobudur, Candhi Barabudhur), is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the city of Magelang and the town of Muntilan, in Central Java, Indonesia.

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Brahmin

Brahmin (brāhmaṇa) is a varna (caste) within Hindu society.

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Brunei

Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo.

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Buddhahood

In Buddhism, Buddha (Pali, Sanskrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥, बुद्ध, "awakened one") is a title for those who are spiritually awake or enlightened, and have thus attained the supreme goal of Buddhism, variously described as pristine awareness, nirvana, awakening, enlightenment, and liberation or vimutti.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Buddhist kingship

Buddhist kingship refers to the beliefs and practices with regard to kings and queens in traditional Buddhist societies, as informed by Buddhist teachings.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Candi of Indonesia

A candi is a Hindu or Buddhist temple in Indonesia, mostly built during the Zaman Hindu-Buddha or "Hindu-Buddhist period" between circa the 4th and 15th centuries.

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Canggal inscription

The Canggal inscription is a Sanskrit inscription dated to 732, discovered in the Gunung Wukir temple complex in Kadiluwih village, Salam, Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.

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Chakravarti (Sanskrit term)

A chakravarti (चक्रवर्तिन्) is an ideal (or idealized) universal ruler, in the history, and religion of India.

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Chandragupta Maurya

Chandragupta Maurya (350–295 BCE) was the Emperor of Magadha from 322 BC to 297 BC and founder of the Maurya dynasty which ruled over a geographically-extensive empire based in Magadha.

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Chhatrapati

Chhatrapati is a royal title from Sanskrit used to denote a king.

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Chogyal

The Chogyal ("Dharma Kings") were the monarchs of the former Kingdom of Sikkim, which belonged to the Namgyal dynasty.

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Ciaruteun inscription

Ciaruteun inscription (Prasasti Ciaruteun) also written Ciarutön or also known as Ciampea inscription is a 5th-century stone inscription discovered on the riverbed of Ciaruteun River, a tributary of Cisadane River, not far from Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.

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Coronation of the Thai monarch

The coronation of the monarch of Thailand is a ceremony in which they are formally consecrated by anointment and crowning.

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Demak Sultanate

The Demak Sultanate was a Javanese Muslim state located on Java's north coast in Indonesia, at the site of the present-day city of Demak.

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Deva (Hinduism)

Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism.

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Dharmaraja (Buddhism)

Dharmaraja is the title of a Buddha, often mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures.

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Divinity

Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.

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Emperor of Japan

The emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Gandharva

A gandharva is a member of a class of celestial beings in Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, whose males are divine performers such as musicians and singers, and the females are divine dancers.

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Garbhagriha

A garbhagriha is the innermost sanctuary of Hindu and Jain temples, what may be called the "holy of holies" or "sanctum sanctorum".

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Greater India

Greater India, also known as the Indian cultural sphere, or the Indic world, is an area composed of several countries and regions in South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia that were historically influenced by Indian culture, which itself formed from the various distinct indigenous cultures of South Asia. Devaraja and Greater India are culture of Southeast Asia.

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Hindu deities

Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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History of Indian influence on Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia was in the Indian sphere of cultural influence from 290 BCE to the 15th century CE, when Hindu-Buddhist influences were incorporated into local political systems.

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History of Thailand

The Tai ethnic group migrated into mainland Southeast Asia over a period of centuries.

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Hydraulics

Hydraulics is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids.

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Incarnation

Incarnation literally means embodied in flesh or taking on flesh.

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Indian religions

Indian religions, sometimes also termed Dharmic religions or Indic religions, are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent.

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Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

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Indianisation

Indianisation also known as Indianization, may refer to the spread of Indian languages, culture, diaspora, cuisines, economic reach and impact.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Indra

Indra (इन्द्र) is the king of the devas and Svarga in Hinduism.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Jainism

Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.

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Java

Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.

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Jayavarman II

Jayavarman II (ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី២; c. 770 – 850) (reigned c. 802–850) was a Khmer prince who founded and became the ruler of the Khmer Empire (Cambodia) after unifying the Khmer civilization.

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Kahuripan

Kahuripan (also spelled Kuripan) was an 11th-century Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom with its capital located around the estuarine of Brantas River valley in East Java. Devaraja and Kahuripan are history of Java.

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Kediri Kingdom

Kediri Kingdom (also known as Pañjalu, ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦭꦸ (Gégélang, ꦒꦺꦒꦺꦭꦁ in 1292-1293)) was a Hindu-Buddhist Javanese kingdom based in East Java from 1042 until 1222 (1292–1293 under Jayakatwang). Devaraja and Kediri Kingdom are history of Java.

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Kejawèn

Kejawèn (Kajawèn) or Javanism, also called Kebatinan, Agama Jawa, and Kepercayaan, is a Javanese cultural tradition, consisting of an amalgam of Animistic, Buddhist, Islamic and Hindu aspects.

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Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia, centered around hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia. Devaraja and Khmer Empire are Indianized kingdoms.

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King of Malaysia

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, unofficially known as the king of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia.

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Lingam

A lingam (लिङ्ग, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"), sometimes referred to as linga or Shiva linga, is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu god Shiva in Shaivism.

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List of Thai monarchs

The succession of Thai monarchs began with Si Inthrathit at the establishment of the first Thai kingdom in 1238.

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Maha Thammaracha

Maha Thammaracha (มหาธรรมราชา,; Mahā Dhammarājā; Mahā Dharmarājā; literally "Great Dharmic King"), or the extended version Maha Thammarachathirat (มหาธรรมราชาธิราช,; Mahā Dhammarājādhirāja; Mahā Dharmarājādhirāja; "Great Dharmic King of High Kings"), was a Thai exalted title given to the Buddha.

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Mahendraparvata

Mahendraparvata (មហេន្ទ្របវ៌ត) is an ancient city of the Khmer Empire era in Cambodia. Devaraja and Mahendraparvata are Khmer Empire.

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Majapahit

Majapahit (ꦩꦗꦥꦲꦶꦠ꧀), also known as Wilwatikta (ꦮꦶꦭ꧀ꦮꦠꦶꦏ꧀ꦠ), was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia that was based on the island of Java (in modern-day Indonesia). Devaraja and Majapahit are history of Java and Indianized kingdoms.

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Malay Annals

The Malay Annals (Malay: Sejarah Melayu, Jawi), originally titled Sulalatus Salatin (Genealogy of Kings), is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and destruction of the Malacca Sultanate.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Mandala (political model)

Maṇḍala is a Sanskrit word meaning 'circle'. Devaraja and Mandala (political model) are Indianized kingdoms and Sanskrit words and phrases.

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Mataram Kingdom

The Mataram Kingdom (ꦩꦠꦫꦩ꧀); also known as Medang Kingdom was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom that flourished between the 8th and 11th centuries. Devaraja and Mataram Kingdom are Indianized kingdoms.

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Mataram Sultanate

The Sultanate of Mataram was the last major independent Javanese kingdom on the island of Java before it was colonised by the Dutch. Devaraja and Mataram Sultanate are history of Java.

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Maurya Empire

The Maurya Empire (Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha (present day Bihar).

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Monarch

A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. Devaraja and monarch are monarchy.

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Monarchy of Cambodia

The monarchy of Cambodia refers to the constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

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Monarchy of Thailand

The monarchy of Thailand is the constitutional form of government of Thailand (formerly Siam).

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Mount Meru

Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru, or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes.

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Pharaoh

Pharaoh (Egyptian: pr ꜥꜣ; ⲡⲣ̄ⲣⲟ|Pǝrro; Biblical Hebrew: Parʿō) is the vernacular term often used for the monarchs of ancient Egypt, who ruled from the First Dynasty until the annexation of Egypt by the Roman Republic in 30 BCE.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Phnom Kulen

Phnom Kulen (or Kulen Mountain; ភ្នំគូលែន) is a mountain range and a part of Phnom Kulen National Park in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia.

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Prambanan

Prambanan (Candi Prambanan, Rara Jonggrang) is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, in southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimūrti, the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Preserver (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Shiva).

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President of Indonesia

The president of the Republic of Indonesia (Presiden Republik Indonesia) is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Indonesia.

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Queen of Malaysia

The Raja Permaisuri Agong, unofficially known as the queen of Malaysia, is the consort of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the elected, constitutional federal monarch of Malaysia.

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Raja

Raja (from, IAST) is a royal Sanskrit title that was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

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Rajaraja I

Rajaraja I (Middle Tamil: Rājarāja Cōḻaṉ; Classical Sanskrit: Rājarāja Śōḷa; 947 – 1014), also known as Rajaraja the Great, was a Chola emperor who reigned from 985 CE to 1014 CE.

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Rama

Rama is a major deity in Hinduism.

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Reincarnation

Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death.

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Religious order

A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice.

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Rice

Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.

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Sacred king

In many historical societies, the position of kingship carries a sacral meaning; that is, it is identical with that of a high priest and judge. Devaraja and Sacred king are monarchy.

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Sangam literature

The Sangam literature (Tamil: சங்க இலக்கியம், caṅka ilakkiyam, Malayalam: സംഘസാഹിത്യം, saṅgha sāhityam), historically known as 'the poetry of the noble ones' (Tamil: சான்றோர் செய்யுள், Cāṉṟōr ceyyuḷ), connotes the early classical Tamil literature and is the earliest known literature of South India.

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Sanjaya of Mataram

Sanjaya (716 AD – 746) was the founder of the Mataram Kingdom during the 8th century.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Sdok Kok Thom

Sdok Kok Thom (สด๊กก๊อกธม, Sadok Kok Thom,; ស្តុកកក់ធំ, Sdŏk Kák Thum), or Sdok Kak Thom, is an 11th-century Angkorian temple in present-day Thailand, located about northeast of the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet. Devaraja and Sdok Kok Thom are Khmer Empire.

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Shailendra dynasty

The Shailendra dynasty (derived from Sanskrit combined words Śaila and Indra, meaning "King of the Mountain", also spelled Sailendra, Syailendra or Selendra) was the name of a notable Indianised dynasty that emerged in 8th-century Java, whose reign signified a cultural renaissance in the region. Devaraja and Shailendra dynasty are history of Java.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.

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Singhasari

Singhasari (translit or, Kerajaan Singasari), also known as Tumapel, was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom located in east Java between 1222 and 1292.

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In humans, the sole of the foot is anatomically referred to as the plantar aspect.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devaraja

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Devaraja, the Glossary

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Culture of Southeast Asia

Indianized kingdoms

Khmer Empire

Worship

References