Sang nila utama biography templates

Sri Tri Buana, "Lord of Three Worlds"

Sang Nila Utama was a prince from Palembang and is the founder of the Kingdom of Singapura in ^[2][3] His official title adopted upon his coronation was Sri Tri Buana (Sanskrit: श्री त्रि भुवन, romanized:&#;śrī tri bhuvana), which can be translated as "Lord of Three Worlds"; the "Three Worlds" may refer to the three realms of the universe—the heaven of the gods, the world of humans, and the underworld of demons or his lordship over Java, Sumatra and Temasek/Singapura.

This title is attested to elsewhere in Southeast Asia.^[4]

Sang Nila Utama died in and his son, Sri Wikrama Wira succeeded him.^[5] The account of his life and those of his successors is given in the Malay Annals; the historicity of the events as recorded there is debated by scholars,^[6] and some contend that Sang Nila Utama may be a mythical figure, even if the historicity of Singapore's 14th-century s