In Rabindra-literature, which king of Tripura is known as ‘Rajarshee’?

Concept: A “Rajarshi” (राजर्षि, literally “king-sage”) is an ancient Sanskrit term — found across Indian philosophical and epic tradition (e.g. sage-kings such as Janaka) — for a ruler who combines temporal kingship with inner spiritual renunciation, reigning as a monarch outwardly while living, in conscience, as an ascetic sage.

Application: Rabindranath Tagore drew on this established concept for his 1887 novel Rajarshi, later dramatised as Visarjan (Sacrifice), built around the Tripura ruler Maharaja Govindamanikya (r. 1660-61 and 1667-76). Tagore portrays this king's conscience clashing with the palace custom of animal sacrifice at the state temple, and it is this portrayal that made Govindamanikya the king remembered in Bengali literature by that ancient title.

Cross-check: The other Manikya rulers of Tripura are historical figures but are not the subject of Tagore's Rajarshi/Visarjan:

• Maharaja Narendramanikya (r. 1693-95) came to the throne with Mughal military backing and does not appear in Tagore's Rajarshi narrative.

• Maharaja Kalyanmanikya (r. 1626-60) was Govindamanikya's father and restored the kingdom after Mughal occupation, but he is not the “Rajarshi” of Tagore's novel.

• Maharaja Govindamanikya (r. 1660-61, 1667-76) is the king Tagore portrays as the sage-ruler in Rajarshi — this matches the question.

• Maharaja Chattramanikya (r. 1661-67) briefly displaced his brother Govindamanikya with Mughal support but is not the king associated with the “Rajarshi” title.