Cambodia Devaraja
the cult of devaraja enabled khmer kings embark on grand-scale project, such build angkor wat. in ancient cambodia, devarāja recognized state s institutionalized religion. cambodian cult of god-king believed established in 9th century jayavarman ii, founder of khmer empire of angkor, brahmin scholar sivakaivalya first chief priest @ mahendraparvata. centuries, cult provided religious basis of royal authority of khmer kings. in khmer context term used in latter sense god-king , occurs in sanskrit portion of inscription k. 235 sdok kak thom / sdok kăk thoṃ (in modern thailand) dated 8 february 1053 ce, referring khmer term kamrateṅ jagat ta rāja ( lord of universe king ) describing protective deity of khmer empire, distinctly khmer deity, mentioned before in inscription k. 682 of chok gargyar (kòḥ ker) dated 921/22 ce. in sdok kăk thoṃ inscription member of brahmin family claimed ancestors since time of jayavarman ii (khmer: ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី២), established around 800 ce marriage daughter o...