Uparaja
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". UparajaTemplate:Efn is a noble title reserved for the viceroy in India and the Buddhist dynasties in Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, as well as some of their minor tributary kingdoms. It is ultimately from Sanskrit उपराज upa-rāja, equivalent to Template:Wikt-lang and Template:Wikt-lang respectively in Latin.[1]
India
The viceroy in the Indian Magadha Empire was titled Uparaja (lit. vice king).[2]
Burma
The Great Deputy King, in full Maha Uparaja Anaukrapa Ainshe Min, incorrectly interpreted as Crown Prince by Europeans, and addressed as His Royal Highness, was the single highest rank among the Min-nyi Min-tha, i.e. princes of the royal blood. It is shortened to Ainshe Min (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "IPA".).
However, the position was not reserved for the highest birth rank (if there is one, Shwe Kodaw-gyi Awratha, i.e. eldest son of the sovereign, by his chief Queen), nor did it carry a plausible promise of succession, which was usually only settled in an ultimate power struggle.
Cambodia
The word Ouparach (Template:Langx) is derived from both Sanskrit and Pali languages, literally means Vice King, who obtains the position following the crowned king. The full term of Ouparach in order to provide the proper honor is Samdach Preah Ouparach (Template:Langx) or Samdach Preah Moha Ouparach (Template:Langx). According to tradition of Kingdom of Cambodia, Samdach Preah Moha Ouparach positions as the supreme official controlling other high and low officials.[3]
Siam (Thailand)
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Uparat (Template:Langx; RTGS: Script error: No such module "lang".), in full Phra Maha Upparat (Script error: No such module "Lang".), as pronounced in historical Siam, translates to viceroy.[4] Front Palace (Template:Langx; RTGS: Script error: No such module "lang".), however, was the more usual designation, often referred to in English as Second King or Vice King.
The office was discontinued in 1876 by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), following the Front Palace Crisis of 1874, in favour of the office of Crown Prince of Siam (Template:Langx; RTGS: Script error: No such module "lang".). Note that those serving vice a king constitute a different office, that of regent or regency council.
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- ↑ Khmer dictionary, adapted from Samdach Chuon Nat Khmer dictionary, page 1643, published in 2007.
- ↑ Thai อุปราช
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