Nippean Bat

Nippean Bat (Khmer Nibbanapada), personal name Ponhea Kreak, is named by the Cambodian Royal Chronicles as ruler of the Khmer Empire from 1340 to 1346. The eldest son of the gardener-king Trasak Paem and Candravati, he succeeded his father.

His six-year reign is remembered for a loss: the Thais rose in revolt, set up independent kingdoms and freed themselves from Khmer vassalage, and the empire lost all its Siamese dependencies. His younger brother Sithean Reachea followed him on the throne, and the crown passed to his own son Lompong Reachea.