Majapahit royal ideology

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Majapahit royal ideology was the political and religious doctrine of the Majapahit Empire that sacralized kingship, integrated Hindu-Buddhist cosmology, and legitimized imperial authority and territorial expansion in premodern Indonesia.

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Label Occurrences
Kingship of Majapahit 1
Majapahit royal ideology canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political ideology
religious ideology
royal ideology
state doctrine
appliesTo Majapahit Empire
associatedWithCapital Trowulan
associatedWithDynasty Rajasa dynasty
associatedWithRuler Gajah Mada
Hayam Wuruk
Jayanegara
Kertarajasa Jayawardhana
Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi
surface form: Tribhuvanottunggadewi
coreConcept Chakravartin
surface form: cakravartin

cosmic kingship
devaraja
mandala polity
ritual sovereignty
sacred center
unity of realm and ruler
developedIn Java
premodern Indonesia
expressedInText Nagarakretagama
Pararaton
Kakawin Sutasoma
surface form: Sutasoma
hasMainFunction legitimation of imperial authority
legitimation of territorial expansion
sacralization of kingship
influencedBy Singhasari royal ideology
earlier Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms
influencedLater Islamic-era Javanese kingship concepts
Javanese court culture
integratesCosmology Buddhist cosmology
Hindu cosmology
Hindu-Buddhist syncretism
legitimizedBy Hindu-Buddhist scriptures
court literature
court rituals
royal inscriptions
temple consecrations
religiousBasis Buddhism
Shaivism
Tantric Hindu-Buddhism
supportsPolicy Palapa Oath
surface form: Palapa oath expansion program

mandala-style suzerainty
maritime expansion
usesConcept Buddhist kingship ideology
surface form: Bodhisattva kingship

Trimurti
surface form: Hindu Trimurti

tantric ritual power
viewsEmpireAs cosmic realm
viewsKingAs manifestation of a deity
protector of dharma

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surya Majapahit (sun emblem) relatedTo Majapahit royal ideology
subject surface form: Surya Majapahit
King of Singhasari successorInstitution Majapahit royal ideology
this entity surface form: Kingship of Majapahit