Sithean Reachea (, ) or Sidhanta Raja (full regnal name: Brahat Pada Samdach Sdach Rajankariya Brhat Sidhanta Rajadhiraja Ramadipathi) was ruler of the

Khmer Empire The Khmer Empire was an empire in Southeast Asia, centered on Hydraulic empire, hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia. Known as Kambuja (; ) by its inhabitants, it grew out of the former civilization of Chenla and lasted from 802 t ...

from 1346 to 1347. Born in 1294, he was the second and youngest son of

Trasak Paem Trasak Paem is commonly considered as a lengendary ruler of the Khmer Empire who presumably died around 1340. His legend is similar to Nyaung-u Sawrahan in earlier Burmese Chronicles He is the first Khmer sovereign mentioned by the Cambodian Roya ...

. According to the Royal Chronicles, he succeeded his brother

Nippean Bat Nippean Bat (, ), also known as Ponhea Kreak by his personal name, was ruler of the Khmer Empire from 1340 to 1346. Nippean Bat or "Nirvana Pada" was the eldest son of Trasak Paem. According to the Royal Chronicles, he succeeded his father and du ...

and reigned for three or six months before resigning in favor of his nephew Lompeng Reachea. After his abdication he bore the ceremonial title of "Maha Upayuvaraja" (Retired Great King) and died on an unknown date.

Sources

*(En) Achille Dauphin-Meunier, History of Cambodia, Presses universitaires de France, coll. "What do I know? / 916 ",1968, 128 p. *(fr) Anthony Marinus Hendrik Johan Stokvis (pref. HF Wijnman), Handbook of history, genealogy and chronology of all states of the world, from the earliest times to the present day, t. 9, BM Israel,1966, chap. XIV ("Kambodge"), p. 337 & Genealogical Chart No. 34 p. 338 *(in) & (de) Peter Truhart, Regents of Nations: Asia: Systematic Chronology of States and Their Political Representatives in Past and Present, vol. 3, Saur, December 1986, 4258 p. (), "Kampuchea", p. 1731 Khmer kings 14th-century Cambodian monarchs 1309 births 1347 deaths {{Cambodia-royal-stub