Preah Ream is Rama

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Preah Ream is Rama is the Khmer incarnation of the Hindu epic hero Rama, central to Cambodia’s Reamker tradition and revered as an ideal of virtue and kingship.

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Preah Ream is Rama canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf epic hero
incarnation
mythological figure
adversary Krung Reap
linked to: Krong Reap
adversaryCorrespondsTo Ravana
associatedEpicCycle Ramayana tradition
associatedWithCountry Cambodia
basedOn Rama
brother Preah Leak
brotherCorrespondsTo Lakshmana
centralFigureOf Khmer adaptation of the Ramayana
Reamker
correspondsToDeity Vishnu avatar Rama
linked to: Lord Rama
culture Khmer
depictedIn Cambodian classical dance
Cambodian temple murals
Khmer shadow theatre
genre epic literature character
hasTitle Preah Ream is Rama
influences Cambodian concepts of kingship
Cambodian performing arts
Cambodian visual arts
languageNameForm Khmer
moralExemplifies filial piety
marital fidelity
self-sacrifice
nameInKhmerCultureOf Rama
narrativeFunction upholder of cosmic order
notableTempleDepictions Royal Palace, Phnom Penh
Silver Pagoda murals
linked to: Silver Pagoda
regionOfProminence Mainland Southeast Asia
religiousTradition Buddhist-influenced Khmer tradition
Hinduism
roleInEpic hero
ideal king
spouse Neang Seda
spouseCorrespondsTo Sita
symbolizes dharma
loyalty
righteous kingship
virtue
textualSource Ramayana
Reamker
veneratedAs ideal ruler
model of moral conduct

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Khmer Reamker adaptationOfCharacter Preah Ream is Rama
Reamker adaptationOfCharacter Preah Ream is Rama
subject linked to: Reamker (Cambodian Ramayana)