Preah Ream is Rama

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Preah Ream is Rama is the Khmer incarnation of the Hindu epic hero Rama, central to Cambodia’s Reamker tradition and revered as an ideal of virtue and kingship.

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Preah Ream is Rama canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf epic hero ⓘ
incarnation ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
adversary Krung Reap ⓘ
linked to: Krong Reap
adversaryCorrespondsTo Ravana ⓘ
associatedEpicCycle Ramayana tradition ⓘ
associatedWithCountry Cambodia ⓘ
basedOn Rama ⓘ
brother Preah Leak ⓘ
brotherCorrespondsTo Lakshmana ⓘ
centralFigureOf Khmer adaptation of the Ramayana ⓘ
Reamker ⓘ
correspondsToDeity Vishnu avatar Rama ⓘ
linked to: Lord Rama
culture Khmer ⓘ
depictedIn Cambodian classical dance ⓘ
Cambodian temple murals ⓘ
Khmer shadow theatre ⓘ
genre epic literature character ⓘ
hasTitle Preah Ream is Rama ⓘ
influences Cambodian concepts of kingship ⓘ
Cambodian performing arts ⓘ
Cambodian visual arts ⓘ
languageNameForm Khmer ⓘ
moralExemplifies filial piety ⓘ
marital fidelity ⓘ
self-sacrifice ⓘ
nameInKhmerCultureOf Rama ⓘ
narrativeFunction upholder of cosmic order ⓘ
notableTempleDepictions Royal Palace, Phnom Penh ⓘ
Silver Pagoda murals ⓘ
linked to: Silver Pagoda
regionOfProminence Mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
religiousTradition Buddhist-influenced Khmer tradition ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
roleInEpic hero ⓘ
ideal king ⓘ
spouse Neang Seda ⓘ
spouseCorrespondsTo Sita ⓘ
symbolizes dharma ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
righteous kingship ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
textualSource Ramayana ⓘ
Reamker ⓘ
veneratedAs ideal ruler ⓘ
model of moral conduct ⓘ

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Khmer Reamker → adaptationOfCharacter → Preah Ream is Rama ⓘ
Reamker → adaptationOfCharacter → Preah Ream is Rama ⓘ
subject linked to: Reamker (Cambodian Ramayana)