Buddhist Dhammaraja
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Buddhist Dhammaraja was a royal title signifying a righteous Buddhist monarch who ruled in accordance with the Dharma, particularly associated with Southeast Asian Theravada Buddhist kingdoms.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist concept
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political-religious ideal ⓘ royal title ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
Cambodia
NERFINISHED
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Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithKingdomType | Theravada Buddhist kingdoms GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | worldly king lacking Dharma ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
protection and promotion of the Buddhist Sangha
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rule in accordance with Dharma ⓘ support of Buddhist institutions ⓘ upholding Buddhist moral law ⓘ |
| etymologyComponent |
dhamma (Dharma, law, righteousness)
ⓘ
raja (king) ⓘ |
| goalOfRule |
maintenance of peace and order
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promotion of merit-making in the kingdom ⓘ welfare and happiness of subjects ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
king who rules according to the Dharma
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righteous Buddhist monarch ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
title adopted by Southeast Asian monarchs
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used in Theravada court ideology ⓘ |
| ideologicalFunction |
legitimization of royal authority
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model of ideal Buddhist ruler ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Pali canonical and commentarial literature ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | Pali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linkedConcept |
Buddhist kingship
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Dharmaraja NERFINISHED ⓘ righteous king (dhammaraja) in Pali texts ⓘ |
| moralExpectation |
generosity (dana)
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morality (sila) ⓘ non-violence as far as possible ⓘ personal virtue of the king ⓘ self-restraint ⓘ |
| normativeSource | Theravada Buddhist political thought ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires |
just and compassionate governance
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observance of Buddhist precepts by the ruler ⓘ |
| roleOfKing |
ensurer of social and cosmic order
ⓘ
patron of Buddhist monastic community ⓘ protector of the Dharma ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.