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

spouse: Celestial Founding-Mother of the Khmer

Sources

George Cœdès, The Indianized States of Southeast Asia, University of Hawai'i Press, 1968
George Cœdès, Inscriptions du Cambodge, EFEO, 1937–1966

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