The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s6.4

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c13.s6.4

The third king Rāma Rājā (1283) bore on his very name the influence of the *Rāmāyaṇa*. He was a Buddhist by faith. The inscription (1293)⁵⁶ issued by him describes temples with the image of Buddha as well as monks and a *Mahāthera* (head priest) well-versed in the *Tripiṭaka*.

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Tipiṭaka (Theravāda) — Pāli
Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit