What is "dharmaraja"

Dharmaraja refers to several things in Buddhism and Hinduism:

• Dharmaraja, the original Sanskrit term for Chogyal, which may refer to a secular ruler of Sikkim or Bhutan, or a higher-ranking monk in Tibetan Buddhism
• Dharmaraja or Kalarupa is a wrathful dharmapala and possibly an emanation of Manjusri
• Dharmaraj is the father of Yudhishthira in the Hindu epic Mahabharata
• Dharmaraja College is in Sri Lanka
• Maharajah Dharma Raja Rama Varma of Travancore
• Dharmaraja (Buddhism), the title given to a Buddha, especially to Gautama Buddha, the Japanese also gave it to Prince Shōtoku Taishi, as Shōtoku Hō'ō (聖徳法王 Holy Merit King of Dharma).

Dharmaraja is the title of a Buddha, often mentioned in the Buddhist scriptures. For example, in the "Simile and Parable" (third) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni says, "I am the Dharma King, free to do as I will with the Dharma. To bring peace and safety to living beings—that is the reason I appear in the world." Also, according to Mahayana Buddhism, each Buddha presides over his Pure Land, and hence this could explain the possible origin of the name Dharmaraja.