Chakravartin

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Chakravartin is an ancient Indian concept of a universal monarch whose righteous rule extends over the entire world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sanskrit term
political concept
religious concept
royal title
appearsInTradition Buddhist cosmology
Jain cosmology
Puranic literature
associatedWithCulture ancient India
associatedWithReligion Buddhism NERFINISHED
Hinduism NERFINISHED
Jainism NERFINISHED
category Indian political philosophy
titles of national or ethnic leadership
contrastedWith local king
regional ruler
coreAttribute righteous rule
universal sovereignty
upholder of dharma
describedAs monarch whose rule extends over the entire world
hasDomain kingship
political theology
hasEtymologyComponent chakra
vartin
hasEtymologyLanguage Sanskrit
hasGenderAssociation primarily male
hasMeaning ideal righteous ruler
universal monarch
wheel-turning king
idealQuality maintenance of cosmic order
moral perfection
protection of all beings
influenced South Asian ideas of universal empire
influencedBy Vedic royal ideology
linguisticScript Devanagari NERFINISHED
relatedConcept cakravartin (alternate transliteration)
dharma
raja
samrat
requires adherence to dharma
just governance
provision of welfare to subjects
scopeOfRule all directions
entire world
symbol chakra
wheel
timePeriod ancient concept
transliterationVariant Cakravartin
Chakravarti NERFINISHED

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Majapahit royal ideology coreConcept Chakravartin
this entity surface form: cakravartin
Dasharatha Maurya title Chakravartin