Li Thai

Thai Li (Li Tai, Phaya Thai Li, Thai พญา ลิ ไท, also Phra Thammaracha Li Thai, Thai พระ มหา ธรรมราชา, even Lue Lue Thai or Thai ) was King of the Kingdom of Sukhothai in the 14th century. He reigned from about 1346 to 1370. Li Thai died in 1374

Li Thai was the grandson of King Ramkhamhaeng, who is considered the inventor of the Thai script. The exact succession to the throne of the kingdom of Sukhothai is not clarified, the traditional texts mention Li Thai but as fourth king of the kingdom. Between Li Thai and his father, Loe Thai, but it seems to have been at least a regent, Nguan On Thom and possibly even Sai Songkhram, who briefly held in the absence of Loe Thai after the death of Ramkhamhaeng the throne or managed.

Li Thai served as Uparat ( viceroy ) during the reign of his father in the town of Si Satchanalai, considered the sister city of the old Sukhothai. There, important production of metals and ceramics that have been made ​​both in Si Satchanalai and in the Middle Sawankhalok were.

Li Thai is known as the author of the Buddhist text Phra Ruang Traiphum ( The Three Worlds of Phra Ruang ), where Phra Ruang is the name of the ruling dynasty of Sukhothai. The text provides a very complex fusion of Buddhism and Hinduism and is considered not only as a theological but also as a political pamphlet, which should secure the claim to the throne of the Thai Sukhothai also about the philosophy of religion.

Today is on the old main temple of Phitsanulok, Wat Chedi Yod Thong, a statue in honor of the King of recent times.