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Damn
y Literature in Cambodia
The study aims at exploring Cambodian prophetic literature which has been widespread during turmoils in Cambodia that caused Cambodians to suffer years of suppression from the ruling class According to the study, it is found that the literature has played a pivotal role in qanak m
n puny (millennial rebels) such as the rebellion of
c
r Sv
and Pou Gombo rebellion due to 1) the literature is turned into sacred texts and is claimed as prophecies of the Buddha, Indra and hermits 2) the content of the literature, which is mainly about natural disasters and moral decline leading to the killing of the people, is relevant to the society at that time and 3) the content is involved with a virtuous one who will become the new leader and will change the society to the betterone. From the reasons above, the propertic literrat ure has then become a tool used to mobilize Cambodian people to fight against their ruling class. The literature of prophecy is premised on various Buddhism beliefs: Doomsday, Dhammikar
j
and Maitreya in Cakkavattis
tra as well as the combination of the history of Buddhism and Cambodia.
