Sikaraj
| Sikaraj สิการาช | |
|---|---|
| King of Nakhon Chai Si | |
| King of Dvaravati's Kamalanka | |
| Reign | ?–807 |
| Predecessor | Under Indaprasthanagara (title earlier held by Sai Thong Som) |
| Successor | Phraya Kong |
| Issue | Phraya Kong |
Sikaraj (Thai: สิการาช, RTGS: Sikarat) is a legendary Dvaravati monarch of Nakhon Chai Si, identified with present-day Nakhon Pathom. He appears in the Ta Pakhao Rot version of the Legend of Phra Pathommachedi (Thai: ตำนานพระปฐมเจดีย์ ฉบับตาปะขาวรอต) as the father of Phraya Kong, to whom he is said to have left the throne.[1]: 15 [2]: 39 [3]
Legend
[edit]Phraya Kong, Sikaraj's son, appears in his own right in the various recensions of the Legend of Phraya Kong – Phraya Pan, the oldest surviving version of which is preserved in Phra Wichianpreecha's recension of the Northern Chronicle.[4]: 12 According to that account Phraya Kong married a princess under King Dhalemesvara (Thai: เทลเมศวร) of Phetchaburi.[3]
The narrative in which Sikaraj's descendants figure has parallels outside the region. It resembles the Greek story of Oedipus,[4]: 17 and also the traditions concerning Kamsa and Bana in the Sanskrit Puranas and the Mahabharata, though in the Sanskrit sources Kamsa and Bana are not connected to one another.[4]: 5–8
Chronology
[edit]Borihan Thepthani placed the transition from Sikaraj's reign to that of Phraya Kong in 807.[5]: 31 He reached the date by working back from the chronology preserved in the original Yonok Chronicle compiled by Chaem Bunnag, which gives dates for Sikaraj's grandson Phraya Pan, a reign at Nakhon Pathom beginning in 867, a first enthronement at Haripuñjaya in 899 lasting two months and fifteen days, and a second reign there from 913 until his death in 916.[5]: 67
References
[edit]- ↑ Saritpong Khumsong (2014). โบราณคดีเมืองนครปฐม: การศึกษาอดีตศูนย์กลางแห่งทวารวดี [Nakhon Pathom Archaeology: A Study of the Former Center of Dvaravati] (PDF) (in Thai). Bangkok: Papermet (Thailand). p. 230. ISBN 978-974-641-498-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2025.
- ↑ Chao Phraya Thiphakornwong; Supattaradit Ditsakul. "เรื่องพระปฐมเจดีย์" [The Stories of Phra Pathom Chedi] (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- 1 2 "ตำนานพระยากง – พระยาพาน" [Legend of Phraya Kong – Phraya Pan]. Digital School Thailand 4.0 (in Thai). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- 1 2 3 Aphilak Kasemphonkun, ed. (2024). "ประชุมเรื่อง พญากง พญาพาน และตำนานพระปฐมเจดีย์" [Meeting about Phaya Kong, Phaya Phan and the legend of Phra Pathom Chedi] (PDF). Local Cultural Knowledge Dissemination Project, Siam Tassan Studies Center, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Mahidol University (in Thai). Archived from the original on 1 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - 1 2 Thepthani, Phra Borihan (1953). Thai National Chronicles: the history of the nation since ancient times (in Thai). S. Thammasamakkhi. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.