Dharmaraja Explained

Dharmaraja refers to several things in Hinduism and Buddhism:

• Dharmaraja, a name of Yama
• Dharmaraja, the Hindu god of justice and the spiritual father of Yudhishthira
• Dharmaraj, a name of Yudhishthira in the Mahabharata
• Dharmathakur or Dharmaraja, a Hindu deity of death and justice, a form of Shiva
• Dharmaraja (Buddhism), the title of a Buddha, often mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures
• Dharmaraja or Kalarupa, a wrathful dharmapala and possibly an emanation of Manjusri
• Dharmaraja, the original Sanskrit term for Chogyal, which may refer to a righteous ruler of Sikkim or Bhutan, or a higher-ranking monk in Tibetan Buddhism

Films

• Dharma Raja (film), a 1980 Indian Tamil film directed by M. A. Thirumugam

People

• Dharma Raja, the Maharajah of Travancore from 1758 to 1798
• Dharmarāja Adhvarin, 17th-century Indian philosopher
• Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Indian Kabaddi player
• Dharmaraj Rasalam, Church of South India bishop
• Dharmaraj Ravanan, Indian footballer
• Dharamraj Singh, Indian politician
• Dharmaraju Patsamatla, Indian politician

Places

• Dharmaraja College, in Sri Lanka
• Dharmaraja Ratha, Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India

See also

• Maha Thammaracha (disambiguation)
• Dharmarajyam, an essay collection by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
• Devaraja, deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia