Sri Lumay

Sri Lumay
Rajahmura Lumaya
Rajah of Cebu
PredecessorRajahnate established
SuccessorRajah Bantug
BornUncertain: he was a minor prince of the Chola dynasty
DiedRajahnate of Cebu
Names
Rajahmura Lumaya
HouseChola
ReligionHinduism

Sri Rajahmura Lumaya, known in his shortened name Sri Lumay, was the first Rajah and the founder of the Indianized Rajahnate of Cebu. According to the epic Aginid, Bayok sa atong Tawarik,[1] a Bisayan epic story, Sri Lumay was a half-Tamil and half Malay minor prince of the Chola dynasty. Sri Lumay was the grandfather of Rajah Humabon.[2] He may be called a semi-legendary figure, since no other written records mentions about Sri Lumay, other than in oral traditions in the Visayan epic story of Aginid.

  1. ^ Ouano-Savellon, Romola (4 May 2018). ""Aginid Bayok Sa Atong Tawarik": Archaic Cebuano and Historicity in a Folk Narrative". Philippine Quarterly of Culture and Society. 42 (3/4): 189–220. JSTOR 44512020.
  2. ^ "Early Cebu History".