Anusapati, Anushanatha, or Anushapati, is the second king of
Singhasari, an
Indianized Hindu kingdom located in east
Java between 1222 and 1248.
He was the son of Tunggul Ametung, the first husband of
Ken Dedes. Anushapati assassinated Ken Arok in 1227, avenging his father's death.
The semi-mythical
Pararaton, a Javanese historical chronicle,
[ Johns, A. H. (1964). "The Role of Structural Organisation and Myth in Javanese Historiography". The Journal of Asian Studies. 24: 91. doi:10.2307/2050416. JSTOR 2050416.] states that
Tunggul Ametung, the ruler of the minor Javanese kingdom of
Tumapel, was killed by the first king of Singhasari
Ken Arok using a
cursed
kris
The kris, or ''keris'' in the Indonesian language, is an asymmetrical dagger with distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (''pamor''). Of Javanese origin, the kris is famous for its disti ...
, a type of Javanese knife, forged by
Mpu Gandring. After he killed Tunggul Ametung, Ken Arok married Ken Dedes and formed the kingdom of Singhasari. The Pararaton alleges that Anusapati used the same cursed kris to kill Ken Arok.
According to the Pararaton, Anusapati was killed by his half-brother,
Panji Tohjaya, using the same kris he used to kill
Ken Arok.
See also
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Kidal Temple
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Greater India
Greater India, or the Indian cultural sphere, is an area composed of many countries and regions in South and Southeast Asia that were historically influenced by Indian culture, which itself formed from the various distinct indigenous cultures ...
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Indosphere
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Hinduism in Indonesia
References
Singhasari
Indonesian Hindu monarchs
1248 deaths
13th-century Indonesian people
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