Samaratungga

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Samaratungga was a 9th-century Javanese king of the Sailendra dynasty best known for commissioning the construction of the monumental Borobudur Buddhist temple in Central Java.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Samaratungga canonical 4
King of Mataram 1
Sri Samarawijaya 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist ruler ⓘ
Javanese king ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
architectureStylePromoted Sailendra Buddhist architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Borobudur ⓘ
linked to: Borobudur Temple

Mahayana Buddhist tradition in Java ⓘ
Sailendra art and architecture ⓘ
century 9th century ⓘ
child Pramodhawardhani ⓘ
commissioned Borobudur ⓘ
linked to: Borobudur Temple

Buddhist monuments in Central Java ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Mataram Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Medang Kingdom
culture Javanese ⓘ
dynasty Sailendra ⓘ
linked to: King of Sailendra
era Classical Javanese period ⓘ
fatherInLaw Dharmasetu ⓘ
governanceType monarchy ⓘ
historicalRegion Medang Mataram ⓘ
influenced later Javanese Buddhist culture ⓘ
isPartOf history of Indonesia ⓘ
history of Java ⓘ
knownFor commissioning Borobudur ⓘ
patronage of Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
rule over Central Java ⓘ
languageOfCourt Old Javanese ⓘ
linked to: Kawi (Old Javanese)
linkedSite Mendut Temple ⓘ
Pawon Temple ⓘ
linkedTo Srivijaya through marriage alliances ⓘ
memberOf Sailendra dynasty ⓘ
notableWork completion of Borobudur superstructure ⓘ
patronOf Buddhist monks ⓘ
Buddhist scholarship ⓘ
place Central Java ⓘ
linked to: Java

Java ⓘ
politicalRole unifier of Central Javanese Buddhist polities ⓘ
positionHeld King in Central Java ⓘ
King of Sailendra ⓘ
regionRuled Central Java ⓘ
linked to: Java
reignEnd mid 9th century ⓘ
reignStart early 9th century ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
royalHouse Sailendra royal house ⓘ
linked to: Sailendra dynasty
scriptUsed Kawi script ⓘ
spouse Dewi Tara ⓘ
successor Pramodhawardhani ⓘ
title Maharaja ⓘ
Sri Maharaja Samarattungga ⓘ
linked to: King of Sailendra

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Sailendra dynasty → notableRuler → Samaratungga ⓘ
Balitung → positionHeld → King of Mataram ⓘ
linked to: Samaratungga
Airlangga → child → Sri Samarawijaya ⓘ
linked to: Samaratungga
Rakai Pikatan → fatherInLaw → Samaratungga ⓘ
Rakai Pikatan → predecessor → Samaratungga ⓘ
Pramodhawardhani → father → Samaratungga ⓘ