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Dharmarajarefers to several things in Hinduism and Buddhism:
- Dharmaraja, a name ofYama
- Dharmaraja,the Hindu god of justice and the spiritual father of Yudhishthira
- Dharmaraj, a name ofYudhishthirain theMahabharata
- Dharmathakuror Dharmaraja, a Hindu deity of death and justice, a form of Shiva
- Dharmaraja (Buddhism),the title of a Buddha, often mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures
- Dharmaraja or Kalarupa, a wrathfuldharmapalaand possibly an emanation ofManjusri
- Dharmaraja, the original Sanskrit term forChogyal,which may refer to a righteous ruler of Sikkim or Bhutan, or a higher-ranking monk in Tibetan Buddhism
- Films
- Dharma Raja(film),a 1980 Indian Tamil film directed by M. A. Thirumugam
- People
- Dharma Raja,the Maharajah of Travancore from 1758 to 1798
- Dharmarāja Adhvarin,17th-century Indian philosopher
- Dharmaraj Cheralathan,Indian Kabaddi player
- Dharmaraj Rasalam,Church of South India bishop
- Dharmaraj Ravanan,Indian footballer
- Dharamraj Singh,Indian politician
- Dharmaraju Patsamatla,Indian politician
- Places
- Dharmaraja College,in Sri Lanka
- Dharmaraja Ratha,Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India
See also
edit- Maha Thammaracha (disambiguation)
- Dharmarajyam,an essay collection by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
- Devaraja,deified monarch in medieval Southeast Asia