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The '''Shailendra dynasty''' ({{IAST3|Śailēndra}}, {{IPA-id|ʃaɪlenˈdraː}} derived from [[Sanskrit]] combined words ''Śaila'' and ''Indra'', meaning "King of the Mountain",<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cœdes|first1=G|others=translated by H.M. Wright|title=The making of South East Asia|date=1983|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=9780520050617|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgrAFlAC4-QC|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref> also spelled '''Sailendra''', '''Syailendra''' or '''Selendra''') was the name of a notable [[Indianized kingdom|Indianised]] dynasty that emerged in 8th-century [[Java]], whose reign signified a cultural renaissance in the region.<ref name="ISEAS-Zakharov">{{cite journal | title = The Sailendras Reconsidered | first = Anton O. | last = Zakharov | journal = Institute of Southeast Asian Studies | location = Singapore | date = August 2012 | url = https://iseas.edu.sg/images/pdf/nsc_working_paper_series_12.pdf}}</ref> The Shailendras were active promoters of [[Mahayana]] [[Buddhism]] with the glimpses of [[Hinduism]], and covered the [[Kedu Plain]] of [[Central Java]] with Buddhist [[Candi of Indonesia|monuments]], one of which is the colossal [[stupa]] of [[Borobudur]], now a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/592|access-date=2006-12-05|title=Borobudur Temple Compounds|publisher=[[UNESCO]]|work=UNESCO World Heritage Centre}}</ref><ref>"Patrons of Buddhism, the Śailēndras during the height of their power in central Java constructed impressive monuments and temple complexes, the best known of which is the Borobudur on the Kedu Plain" (quoted from Hall 1985: 109).</ref><ref name=eb>{{cite web|title=Shailendra dynasty|url=http://www.britannica.com/topic/Shailendra-dynasty|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref>