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Lithai, also known as
Thammaracha I (พระมหาธรรมราชาที่ 1) was a king of the
Sukhothai kingdom, reigning from roughly
1346 until his death in
1374. Lithai was the son of
Lelithai, also known as Loethai. The exact chronology of Lithai's rise to the throne is unclear. Popular tradition names him as the fourth king of Sukhothai, but dynastic records seem to indicate that at least one other king (Nguanamthom) ruled between Lithai and his father, as well as the regent Saisongkhram who ruled during Loethai's absence following the death of
Ramkhamhaeng the Great.
Lithai served as
uparat during his father's reign from the city of
Srisatchanalai, an important urban center of the early Sukhothai kingdom.
Lithai is known as the writer of the
Traiphuum Phra Ruang ('Three worlds of Phra Ruang', Phra Ruang being the dynastic name of Lithai's linneage), a religious text describing the various world of
Buddhist cosmology, and the way in which
karma consigns living beings to one world or another. The
Traiphuum would go on to serve as an important politicol document, being re-interpreted in response to changes in the domestic and international political scene.
King Lithai also build the biggest Buddha image in the northern territory of Siam called
Phraputtachinnarat.
Sources
- Jackson, Peter. 'Re-Interpreting the Traiphuum Phra Ruang' in Buddhist Trends in Southeast Asia. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. 1993. ISBN 981-3035-81-1.
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