Jayavarman IX ( km, ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៩), also known as Jayavarmadiparamesvara was sovereign of the
Khmer Empire from 1327 to 1336.
Jayavarman IX was like his father
Indrajayavarman
Indrajayavarman or Indravarman IV ( km, ឥន្រ្ទវរ្ម័នទី៤) and also known as Srindrajayavarman ( km, ស្រីន្រ្ទជ័យវរ្ម័ន) was the ruler of Khmer empire from 1308-1327, and was succeed ...
a convinced
Shivaite
Shaivism (; sa, शैवसम्प्रदायः, Śaivasampradāyaḥ) is one of the major Hindu denominations, Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the God, Supreme Being. One of the largest Hindu denominations, it incorporates ...
. According to the Cambodian Royal Chronicle, which named him "
Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in various capacities throughout his ...
,"
[↑ "Renowned for its ability to grow tasty cucumbers," according to A. Dauphin-Meunier, History of Cambodia.] he was assassinated in 1336 by the head of the royal gardens
Trasak Paem
Trasak Paem is commonly considered as a ruler from legend of the Khmer Empire who presumably died around 1340.
He is the first Khmer sovereign mentioned by the Cambodian Royal Chronicles alone. He is the first among a series of nineteen rulers o ...
, who married his daughter and took his place on the throne. This narrative is probably legendary (we find a very similar one in Burmese history: see
Nyaung-U Sawrahan
Nyaung-u Sawrahan ( my, ညောင်ဦး စောရဟန်း, ; also Taungthugyi Min c. 924–1001) was king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from c. 956 to 1001. Although he is remembered as the Cucumber King in the Burmese chro ...
).
This sovereign is the last king mentioned by inscriptions on the monuments. The last Sanskrit inscription of Cambodia dates from the reign of Jayavarman Parameshwara.
References
A Study report of Ankor Vat{{Monarchs of Cambodia
1336 deaths
Khmer Empire
14th-century Cambodian monarchs