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The Devaraja Cult Angkor's God-King Ideology
Lucas and Luna explore the devaraja or 'god-king' cult that underpinned Khmer royal power for centuries. They trace its origins to Jayavarman II's 9th-century coronation on Phnom Kulen, the role of the Brahmin Hiranyadama who brought the ritual from the court of Java, and the foundational inscription at Sdok Kak Thom that records the lineage of the priestly family who performed the rites. Lucas explains how the devaraja was not a claim that the king was literally a god, but rather a consecrated symbol — a linga installed in a mountain-temple — that fused the king's…
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