Jayendrabhā Explained

Jayendrabhā
Succession:Queen of Upper Chenla (Land Chenla)
Reign:c. 780s
Predecessor:Nṛpatendradevī
Successor:Jyeṣṭhāryā
Succession1:Queen consort of Lower Chenla (Water Chenla)
Reign1:c. 8th-century
Reign-Type1:Tenure
Spouse:Jayavarman II
Issue:Jyeṣṭhāryā
Mother:Nṛpatendradevī

Jayendrabhā or Jayaendra[valla]bha (8th-century - 9th-century), was a queen regnant of Sambhupura Chenla in Cambodia.[1] She was also the queen of Jayavarman II, the king of Lower Chenla.

She was the daughter of queen Nṛpatendradevī or Nrpendradevi of Sambhupura. She appears to have inherited the throne from her mother. She married king Jayavarman II.[1]

Jayavarman, the ruler of Lower Chenla,[2] became King consort of Sambhupura by marrying her.[3] It seems that the kingdom of Sambhupura was Land Chenla and the kingdom of Vyadhapura was Water Chenla.[4]

Her daughter queen Jyeṣṭhāryā succeeded her on the throne by 803.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jacobsen, Trudy . Lost Goddesses: The Denial of Female Power in Cambodian History . 2008 . NIAS Press . 978-87-7694-001-0 . 27–30 . en.
  2. Book: Sharan, Mahesh Kumar . Studies In Sanskrit Inscriptions Of Ancient Cambodia . Abhinav Publications . 2003 . 978-81-7017-006-8 . 34. en.
  3. Jacobsen . Trudy . 2003 . Autonomous Queenship in Cambodia, 1st–9th Centuries AD . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society . 13 . 3 . 371–375 . 10.1017/S1356186303003420 .
  4. Book: Majumdar, R. C. . R. C. Majumdar. Kambuja Desa - Or An Ancient Hindu Colony In Cambodia . 2020-10-16 . Read Books Ltd . 978-1-5287-6033-1 . en. Until recently it was generally held that the kingdom of Śambhupura corresponded to the Kambuja of land, and that of Vyādhapura, to the Kambuja of water of the Chinese chronicles..