Sri Vijaya Rajasinha of Kandy

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Sri Vijaya Rajasinha
Thrisinhaladheeshwara
Theravada Buddhism

Vijaya Rajasinha (

Vira Narendra Sinha as the King of Kandy. He was raised in Kandy and was familiar with the politics and culture of the court and society at large, including those of his Telugu
kinfolk.

He contracted marriages with an influential royal family from Madurai, and his father-in-law Narenappa Nayaka later became one of the most powerful persons in the court. Sri Vijaya's queens soon became “good Buddhists”. According to the

Culavamsa, “they gave up the false faiths to which they had long been attached and adopted in the best manner possible the true (Buddhist) faith’, worshipping the Tooth Relic day by day with many offerings.[3]

Exquisite Sinhalese bronze cannon with intricate silver and gold inlay, gifted to King Vijaya Rajasingha in 1745 by Lewuke, the Disawa or Lord of the four Korles district.[4]

Sri Vijaya Rajasimha attempted to reintroduce the

Burma, failure on this front forced him to contact Ayutthaya in Thailand with Dutch help. Although the death of King Sri Vijaya Rajasinha in 1747 resulted in the cancellation of this endeavor, the dynamic was not broken, and the ordination went ahead in the reign of Kirti Sri Rajasinha (r. 1747-82). On the other hand, and more disturbingly, he persecuted the Catholics. Sri Vijaya's persecution of the Portuguese and other Catholics may have had to do with his growing power and confidence as well as the Dutch factor.[3]

priest Jacome Gonsalves tried to influence Sri Vijaya Rajasinha while he was still a "crown prince" (Prince Asthana), presenting him in 1737 a copy of the Budumula (The Root of Buddhism),[5] a refutation of Buddhism. However, Sri Vijaya remained a devout Buddhist under the influence of Saranankara Thero, even as he became the de facto ruler owing to the serious illness of King Naréndrasinha.[3]

In his reign, the ministers fulfilled the requests of the Dutch and acted according to their own desires. As a result, the

Adigar gave orders to surround the church of Candia and had Father Mathias Rodrigues captured. Additionally, all church property was confiscated on March 17, 1744.[3]

Sri Vijaya Rajasinghe's reign was complex, marked by his attempts to reintroduce the upasampada ordination while persecuting Catholics. His queens became good Buddhists. His reign also demonstrated the growing power and confidence of the Nayakas in Kandy and their sustained power struggle against established interests.

See also

References

  1. ^ "chapter 1, Kandyan kingdom, page 15".
  2. JSTOR j.ctt1qnw8bs.13. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0
    license.
  3. ^
    JSTOR j.ctt1qnw8bs.13
    .
  4. ^ "Kanon, anoniem, voor 1745". rijksmuseum.nl. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  5. ^ Asela Dasanayke (16 June 2017). "අතිපූජ්‍ය ජාකොමේ ගොන්සාල්වෙස් පියතුමාගේ ජීවිත ගමන්මඟේ මතක සටහන් මැදින්". ඥානාර්ථ ප්‍රදීපය.

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Sri Vijaya Rajasinha of Kandy
Kandy Nayakar Dynasty
Born: ? ? Died: 11 August 1747
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Vira Narendra Sinha of Sri Lanka
King of Kandy

13 May 1739 – 11 August 1747 		Succeeded by
Kirti Sri Rajasinha


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