Mahipativarman

{{Short description|8th-century king of Chenla}}

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| name = Mahipativarman

| title = Mahipativarman

| succession = King of Lower Chenla (Water Chenla)

| reign = c. AD 780{{Cite book |last=Sharan |first=Mahesh Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8B886QamMBMC&pg=RA4-PA32 |title=Studies In Sanskrit Inscriptions Of Ancient Cambodia |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=2003 |isbn=978-81-7017-006-8 |pages=32–34|language=en}}

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| predecessor = {{ill|Rajendravarman I|fr|Rajendravarman Ier}}

| successor = Jayavarman II

| spouse = Rajendradevi

| issue = Indradevi

| dynasty = Varman

| royal house = Baladityapura

| father = {{ill|Rajendravarman I|fr|Rajendravarman Ier}}

| mother = Nripatindradevi

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| birth_place = Aninditapura

| death_date = c. AD 780

| death_place = Aninditapura

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| religion = Hinduism|

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Mahipativarman (Khmer: ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ មហិទ្ធិវរ្ម័ន) was the son of King {{ill|Rajendravarman I|fr|Rajendravarman Ier}}. The last king of the Lower Chenla (also called {{ill|Water Chenla|km|ចេនឡាទឹកលិច}}) kingdom, he was beheaded by the king of Zabag.{{Cite journal|last=O'Reilly|first=Dougald.|date=2003|title=Burnished Beauty: The Art of Stone in Early Southeast Asia (review)|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/asi.2003.0029|journal=Asian Perspectives|volume=42|issue=1|pages=163–164|doi=10.1353/asi.2003.0029|issn=1535-8283|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last=Goodall|first=Dominic|date=2011|title=Bhattacharya, Kamaleswar (Ed.), in collaboration with Karl-Heinz Golzio, A Selection of Sanskrit Inscriptions from Cambodia|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/001972410x519920|journal=Indo-Iranian Journal|volume=54|issue=1|pages=49–60|doi=10.1163/001972410x519920|issn=0019-7246|url-access=subscription}}

Mahipativarman, the king of Water Chenla, expressed his desire before his courtiers, to see the chopped head of the king of Zabag which is identified with Java. This information was known to Dharanindra, the king of Java, so he conquered the Water Chenla and beheaded Mahipativarman. And then, the king of Zabag installed a new king, Jayavarman II, on the throne as his vassal. Jayavarman first remained subordinate to Java for some time and thereafter declared independence.