Ripu Malla

{{Short description|Malla dynasty king}} {{Infobox royalty | embed = | name = Ripu Malla | title = | image = Ripu Malla.jpg | caption = Painting of Ripu Malla and his son Sangrama worshiping Goddess Tara (center) {{c.}} 1312 | succession = King of Khasa Kingdom | reign = 14th century | predecessor = Ananda Malla | successor = Sangrama Malla | birth_date = | birth_place = Khasa Kingdom <br/> (present-day Nepal) | death_date =  | death_place = Khasa Kingdom <br/> (present-day Nepal) | issue = Sangrama Malla | native_lang1 = Nepali | native_lang1_name1 = रिपु मल्ल | dynasty = Malla dynasty | father = Ananda Malla | religion = Buddhism }} '''Ripu Malla''' ({{Langx|ne|रिपु मल्ल}}) was the Maharajadhiraja of the Khasa Kingdom who reigned in the early 14th century.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Weise |first=Kai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=naohAgAAQBAJ |title=The Sacred Garden of Lumbini: Perceptions of Buddha's birthplace |date=2013-10-29 |publisher=UNESCO |isbn=978-92-3-001208-3 |pages=54 |language=en}}</ref> He is best remembered for being the last visitor to Lumbini, the birthplace of the Gautama Buddha that left an inscription of his visit.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Silva |first1=Kapila D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ofDt_8kyYcC |title=Asian Heritage Management: Contexts, Concerns, and Prospects |last2=Chapagain |first2=Neel Kamal |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-52054-6 |pages=124 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1312, he visited Lumbini and left in an inscription in Nigali Sagar that reads "''Om Mani Padme Hum Sri Ripu Malla Chidam Jayatu Sangrama Malla'' (May Prince Ripu Malla be long victorious)".<ref name=":0" /> After his visit, Lumbini universally, known to be the birthplace of the Gautama Buddha, disappeared and slowly became a forest, due to the decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent.<ref name=":0" /> The pillar was re-discovered in 1893 by Khadga Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Girī |first=Gitu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z9_VAAAAMAAJ |title=Art and Architecture: Remains in the Western Terai Region of Nepal |date=2003 |publisher=Adroit Publishers |isbn=978-81-87392-35-4 |pages=65 |language=en}}</ref>

The same year, he invaded the Kathmandu Valley (then known as Nepal Valley).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhattarai |first=Krishna P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-aArqOqBGBQC |title=Nepal |date=2009 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-0523-9 |pages=113 |language=en}}</ref> In Kathmandu, according to the Gopal Raj Vamshavali, Malla reportedly publicly worshiped at Swayambhunath, Matsyendranath, and Pashupatinath Temple to show his supremacy in Nepal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=USA |first=IBP |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkObBQAAQBAJ |title=Nepal Country Study Guide - Strategic Information and Developments |date=2012-03-03 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-4387-7514-2 |pages=45 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Vaidya |first=Tulasī Rāma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TF5NAQAAIAAJ |title=Dr. D.R. Regmi as a Historian: An Assessment |date=2007 |publisher=Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS) for Dr. Dilli Raman Regmi Foundation [Kathmandu] |isbn=978-99933-52-85-3 |pages=103 |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Nigali Sagar pillar 13th century inscription.jpg|left|thumb|Ripu Malla's inscription in Nigali Sagar]]

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