Srisimha

Srisimha
ศรีสิงห์
King of Phetchaburi–Phraek Si Racha
King of Xiān at Phetchaburi
Reign1027–?
PredecessorVijayaraja
SuccessorSeat shifted to Phraek Si Racha
King of Xiān at Phraek Si Racha
Reign?–1062
PredecessorVacant? (Title earlier held by Sunthorathet)
SuccessorSurindraraja
Born1012 (1012)
Phetchaburi
Died1062 (aged 49–50)
Phraek Si Racha
ConsortSuchāvatīdevī
Suvaṇṇapabbata
IssueJyeshthakumara
Surindraraja
Suryavamsa
Anuraja
DynastyPadumasuriyavaṃśa
FatherVijayaraja of Phitsanulok
MotherShrikanyarajadevi
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Śrīsiṃha (Thai: ศรีสิงห์, RTGS: Sising) was an 11th-century Siamese monarch recorded in the Ayutthaya Testimonies as the ruler of Phetchaburi and Phraek Si Racha. At the age of 15, he ascended the throne at Phetchaburi following the death of his father, King Vijayaraja. However, following a prophecy delivered by the royal astrologer, he later transferred the royal capital northward to Phraek Si Racha. This relocation likely took place subsequent to the conclusion of the protracted conflict between Adityadhammikarāja of Haripuñjaya and Lāvarāja of Lavo, following which Adityadhammikarāja successfully installed his younger brother, Chandrachota, as the new monarch of Lavo in 1052 CE.

Śrīsiṃha was born to Queen Śrīkanyārājadevī (ศิริกัญญาราชเทวี), a consort of King Vijayaraja and a descendant of the Padumasūriyavaṃśa dynasty. He had two principal consorts. The first, Queen Suchāvatīdevī (สุชาวดีเทวี), bore two sons: Jyeṣṭhakumāra (เชษฐกุมาร), who died in early childhood, and Surindraraja. The second consort, Queen Suvaṇṇapabbata (สุวรรณบัพพตา), likewise bore two sons, Sūryavaṃśa and Anurāja.

Śrīsiṃha is said to have reigned for 35 years and died at the age of 50. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, King Surindraraja, who subsequently founded the city of Chai Nat and established it as his new royal seat.

Note

  1. 1 2 As Chen Li Fu was likewise centered in the Phraek Si Racha region,: 18 : 15  Chinese historical sources record that the dynasty’s first monarch ascended the throne in 1180 CE.: 6–7  This chronological datum serves as a basis for retrospective calculation in determining the approximate period of reigns of the Siamese rulers belonging to this lineage. However, the Dong Mè Nang Mưo’ng Inscription (K. 766), dated to 1167 CE, suggests that Sri Dharmasokaraja II may have extended his authority northward as far as present-day Nakhon Sawan Province, which would imply that the Phraek Si Racha region likewise fell under his control;: 36–39  if this interpretation is accepted, the reigns of the Xian rulers in question must have ended no later than 1167 CE, rather than in 1180 CE.

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Citations

  1. ↑ Walailak Songsiri (2025). "ในดินแดนแห่งเจนลีฟู นครรัฐที่ไม่ได้อยู่ในอำนาจทางการเมืองของพระเจ้าชัยวรมันที่ ๗ สู่ปัญหาทางประวัตศาสตร์ที่หาทางออกไม่เจอของสังคมไทย" [In the land of Chen Li Fu, a city-state that was not under the political power of King Jayavarman VII, to the historical problems that cannot be solved for Thai society.]. Lek-Prapai Viriyahpant Foundation (in Thai). Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Walailak Songsiri (2025). ในดินแดนแห่งเจนลีฟูและตามหารากเง้าพระอาจารย์ธรรมโชติ [In the land of Cenlifu and searching for the roots of Master Thammachot] (in Thai). Lek-Prapai Viriyaphan Foundation.
  3. ↑ O. W. Wolters (1960). "Chên Li Fu: A State On The Gulf Of Siam at the Beginning of the 14th Century". The Journal of the Siam Society. XLVIII.
  4. ↑ "จารึกดงแม่นางเมือง" [Dong Mè Nang Mưo’ng Inscription]. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (in Thai). 8 September 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ Chatchai Sukrakarn (October 2005). "พระเจ้าศรีธรรมาโศกราช" [Sri Thammasokaraj] (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  6. ↑ Fine Arts Department 1968, p. 38–40.
  7. ↑ Fine Arts Department 1968, p. 38–39.
  8. 1 2 3 Fine Arts Department 1968, p. 40.
  9. ↑ Fine Arts Department 1968, p. 39.
  10. ↑ Fine Arts Department 1968, p. 41.

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