Devaraja (Sanskrit: देवराज, romanized: Devarāja) was a religious order of the "god-king," or deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia. [1] The devarāja order grew out of both Hinduism …

devarāja, in ancient Cambodia, the cult of the “god-king” established early in the 9th century ad by Jayavarman II, founder of the Khmer empire of Angkor. For centuries, the cult provided the …

Devarāja (8th century CE) was a king from the Pratihara dynasty of northern India. In the Barah inscription of his descendant Mihira Bhoja, Devaraja's name appears as Devashakti (IAST: …

The King Devaraja was the first known ruler who established the Bhoja dynasty in Chandrapur, dating back to the 3rd or 4th century AD ¹.During his reign, he expanded his kingdom through …

May 21, 2018 · Devarāja (Skt., ‘god’ + ‘ruler’). A cult developed at Angkor, in which the king was recognized as divine, or perhaps as ruler of the gods. Pick a style below, and copy the text for …

Nevertheless, the actual importance of the devaraja cult in the reign of Jayavarman II is not the key point to be examined here. The meaning of devaraja as used generally by scholars is not …

Devaraja cult was a significant religious and political institution in the Khmer dynasty, flourishing in the Angkor kingdom of Cambodia from 820 to 1432 CE. It was introduced by King Jayavarman …