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Po Klung Pilih Räjadvära (fl. 900s AD), abbreviation Rajadvara, alternate name Narendrādhipati, was a
Cham Cham or CHAM may refer to: Ethnicities and languages *Chams, people in Vietnam and Cambodia **Cham language, the language of the Cham people ***Cham script ***Cham (Unicode block), a block of Unicode characters of the Cham script *Cham Albanian ...
nobleman and a minister who served the court of three
Champa Champa (Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; km, ចាម្ប៉ា; vi, Chiêm Thành or ) were a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd cen ...
kings
Jaya Simhavarman I Jaya Simhavarman I was a king of mandala Champa, reigning from 897 to 904. He was preceded by his uncle Indravarman II (r. ?–893). Simhavarman had many building projects during his reign: a Mahayana monastery named vihara Pramuditalokeśvara in ...
(r. 897–904), Saktivarman (r. 904), and Bhadravarman II (r. 905–918) during the early 10th century. Rajadvara was the father of Simhavarman's wife Tribhuvanadevi. His mother was Princess Lyań Vṛddhakula. His eldest son Sukṛtï Pov Kluñ Dharmapātha was described as king
Indravarman II Indravarman II ( km, ឥន្ទ្រវរ្ម័នទី២) was the ruler of the Khmer Empire, son of Jayavarman VII.Higham, C., 2001, The Civilization of Angkor, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, There is some dispute regarding the actual ...
's favorite. He went on Buddhist pilgrimages ''(siddhayäträ)'' to
Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...
in 908 and 911, acting as the king's diplomat. In 911 he built a Mahayana temple dedicated to
Avalokiteśvara In Buddhism, Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर, IPA: ) is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He has 108 avatars, one notable avatar being Padmapāṇi (lotus bearer). He is variably depicted, ...
in present-day
Quảng Trị Quảng Trị () is a district-level town in Quảng Trị Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is second of two municipalities in the province after the provincial capital Đông Hà. History The Sino-Vietnamese name Quả ...
. The temple, Vṛddhakeśvara, was named after his mother.


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