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He was the son of King Dharanindravarman II (r. 1150–1160) and Queen Sri Jayarajacudamani. [2] He was the first king devoted to Buddhism, as only one prior Khmer king had been a Buddhist. He then built the Bayon as a monument to Buddhism. Jayavarman VII is generally considered the most powerful of the Khmer monarchs by historians. [3]
Now, in Ta Prohm Temple, archaeologists have found more evidence of the legacy left behind by Jayavarman. Archaeologists said the pieces were intentionally buried with reverence.
Arogayasala, or Arogyashala, are temple structures found in Cambodia and North-Eastern Thailand dating to the Khmer Empire. [1] These Arogayasala served as medical facilities and are attributed to King Jayavarman VII whose reign lasted from c.1181 to c.1218. [2]
Each stele has four different authors. Today these are housed in the Conservation office. Some of the originally Buddhist pediments were defaced in the late 13th century during the reign of king Jayavarman VIII and the figure of the Buddha was transformed into a linga. [1]
Angkor scholar George Coedès has theorized that Jayavarman VII stood squarely in the tradition of the Khmer monarchs in thinking of himself as a devaraja (god-king), the difference being that while his predecessors were Hindus and associated themselves with Brahma and his symbol the, chaturmukha (four faces), Jayavarman VII was a Buddhist.
Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire and was the centre of his massive building program. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride. [4]: 121 Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer capital on the site, however.
Yukio Mishima's final play before his death in 1970 was The Terrace of the Leper King . [2] The play revolves around King Jayavarman VII returning triumphant from his battle against the Chams and commissions the temple of Bayon. After the announcement of the project, the king's perfect skin begins to show the first signs of leprosy.
Jayavarman may refer to: Jayavarman, the purported original name of the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma; King Kaundinya Jayavarman of Funan, d. 514; Any of the following eight kings of Cambodia: Jayavarman I, ruled c. 657–681; Jayavarman II, ruled c. 770–835; Jayavarman III, ruled c. 835–877; Jayavarman IV, ruled c. 928–941; Jayavarman V ...