Hermit Founder-Ancestor of the Khmer
Khmer · demigod · mythic foundation age; named in Angkorian inscriptions (c. 10th c.) · demigod
Progenitor demigod (a deified sage-ancestor of the royal line). English description leads; native/Sanskrit Kambu Svayambhuva in alt/transliterations. Paired with Mera below.
Domains
- ancestry of a people
- asceticism and sagehood
Powers
- Weds a naga-born princess and fathers the line of Khmer kings
Relations
Sources
- George Cœdès, The Indianized States of Southeast Asia, University of Hawai'i Press, 1968
- George Cœdès, Inscriptions du Cambodge, EFEO, 1937–1966