Majapahit royal ideology

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Majapahit royal ideology was the political and religious doctrine of the Majapahit Empire that sacralized kingship, integrated Hindu-Buddhist cosmology, and legitimized imperial authority and territorial expansion in premodern Indonesia.

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Label Occurrences
Kingship of Majapahit 1
Majapahit royal ideology canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political ideology
religious ideology
royal ideology
state doctrine
appliesTo Majapahit Empire
associatedWithCapital Trowulan
associatedWithDynasty Rajasa dynasty
associatedWithRuler Gajah Mada
Hayam Wuruk
Jayanegara
Kertarajasa Jayawardhana
Tribhuvanottunggadewi
coreConcept cakravartin
linked to: Chakravartin

cosmic kingship
devaraja
mandala polity
ritual sovereignty
sacred center
unity of realm and ruler
developedIn Java
premodern Indonesia
expressedInText Nagarakretagama
Pararaton
Sutasoma
linked to: Kakawin Sutasoma
hasMainFunction legitimation of imperial authority
legitimation of territorial expansion
sacralization of kingship
influencedBy Singhasari royal ideology
earlier Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdoms
influencedLater Islamic-era Javanese kingship concepts
Javanese court culture
integratesCosmology Buddhist cosmology
Hindu cosmology
Hindu-Buddhist syncretism
legitimizedBy Hindu-Buddhist scriptures
court literature
court rituals
royal inscriptions
temple consecrations
religiousBasis Buddhism
Shaivism
Tantric Hindu-Buddhism
supportsPolicy Palapa oath expansion program
linked to: Palapa Oath

mandala-style suzerainty
maritime expansion
usesConcept Bodhisattva kingship
Hindu Trimurti
linked to: Trimurti

tantric ritual power
viewsEmpireAs cosmic realm
viewsKingAs manifestation of a deity
protector of dharma

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surya Majapahit relatedTo Majapahit royal ideology
subject linked to: Surya Majapahit (sun emblem)
King of Singhasari successorInstitution Kingship of Majapahit
linked to: Majapahit royal ideology