Balipatijaya

Balipatijaya
ภาลีบดีชัย
King of Lavo
King of Lavo
Reign700–?
PredecessorKalavarnadisharaja
SuccessorNāyaka Ārjava
BornLopburi
DiedMid 8th-c.
Lopburi
HouseLavo dynasty
FatherBalidhiraja

Balipatijaya (Thai: ภาลีบดีชัย, RTGS: Phalibadichai) was an 8th-century Mon monarch attested in the Legend of the Arhat (Thai: ตำนานนิทานพระอรหันต์, RTGS: Tamnan Nithan Phra Arahan). He was the elder son of Balidhiraja,: 3–5  the king of Sukhothai,: 4–5 : 25  and the grandson of Kalavarnadisharaja. Balipatijaya ascended to the throne at Lavo in 700 CE following the reign of his grandfather. The available sources provide no information regarding his immediate successor.: 3–4 

Balipatijaya had one sibling, a younger brother named Sai Thong Som, who was born to a Tai queen consort of Balidhiraja.: 5  Sai Thong Som was appointed by his father to govern Devapura of Dvaravati after Balidhiraja deposed the preceding ruler circa 687 CE.: 3–4 

During the reign of Balipatijaya in the 8th century, Dvaravati experienced a decline in political influence.: 60  According to the Cefu Yuangui, a polity referred to as Gē Luó Shě Fēn conquered the region west of Dvaravati, specifically the western Menam Valley.: 23  This designation is regarded as a corrupted rendering of Jiā Luó Shě Fú, which has been interpreted as Canasapura, identified with Qiān Zhī Fú and associated with Si Thep as its center, while Mueang Sema [de] functioned as an important regional stronghold.: 30, 38–9 

Ancestry

Ancestors of Balipatijaya
8. King Kakabhadra of Kamalanka
4. King Kalavarnadisharaja of Lavo
2. King Balidhiraja of Sukhothai
1. King Balipatijaya of Lavo

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sukanya Sudchaya. "ตำนานพระประโทณ: ตำนานแบบพึทธศาสนาในสุวรรณภูมิ" [Legend of Phra Praton: Buddhist legend in Suvarnabhumi] (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ Phra Wichianpreecha (Noi) (1934). Northern Chronicle (in Thai). Royal Society of Thailand. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Saritpong Khumsong (2014). โบราณคดีเมืองนครปฐม: การศึกษาอดีตศูนย์กลางแห่งทวารวดี [Nakhon Pathom Archaeology: A Study of the Former Center of Dvaravati] (PDF) (in Thai). Bangkok: Papermet (Thailand). p. 230. ISBN 978-974-641-498-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "钦定四库全书: 册府元龟卷九百五十七宋王钦若等撰". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese).
  5. ↑ Hoshino, T (2002). "Wen Dan and its neighbors: the central Mekong Valley in the seventh and eighth centuries.". In M. Ngaosrivathana; K. Breazeale (eds.). Breaking New Ground in Lao History: Essays on the Seventh to Twentieth Centuries. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books. pp. 25–72.