Diaspora of Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult—India and Indonesia

by Shilpa V. Sonawane | 2019 | 34,738 words

This study researches the Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult in India and Indonesia.—This Essay is carried out at a multidisciplinary level, through the religious, geographical, historical, mythological, cultural and anthropological analogy between two states, India and the Indonesian archipelago, and its rich culture and religion, together with the pr...

Part 7 - Ancient Statue of Dewi Sri

Eventually, he arrived at the palace and displayed a shiny egg-shaped tear on Guru Patara. The offer was accepted generously and Batara Guru asked him to embrace the eggs until he hatch. Miraculously, the egg became a very beautiful little girl. He gave the little girl to Guru Patara and his wife.

Nyai Pohaci (sometimes spelled "Pwah Aci") Sanghyang Asri was her name and grew up in a beautiful princess. All the gods he saw were attracted to her, even her adoptive father, Patara Guru began to feel she had attracted her. Seeing Patara Guru's desire for his adoptive daughter, all gods became very concerned. Fearing that this scandal would destroy the harmony in the sky, they finally conspired to separate Nei Bohasi and Guru Patara.[1]

To keep peace in the sky and protect the chastity of Nehai Pohaci, all gods planned his death. She was poisoned to death and her body buried somewhere on the ground in a remote and hidden place. However, due to the innocence of Sari Pohasi and theology, his tomb showed a miracle mark. Because, at the time of burial, the plants were cultivated beneficial to humans. From his head grew coconut. From his nose, the lips and ears grew various spices and vegetables, the growth of his hair grass and various flowering plants, various breasted plants grew, his arm and teak hands and various wood. Aren or Enau: The sugar palm, grown from various types of bamboo thighs, from its legs pushed various dandelion plants, and finally from the navel pushed a very useful plant called paddy (rice). In some versions, white rice grew from his right eye, while red rice grew from his left eye. All beneficial plants, essential to human needs and well-being, are considered to be from the rest of Dewey's secret body. From that time, the people of Jaya are worshiped and worshiped as the "goddess of rice" and fertile charity. In the ancient kingdom of Sunda, is considered the highest goddess and the most important god of agricultural society.[2]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Davison, Julian; Granquist, Bruce (1999). Balinese Temples. Periplus Editions. ISBN 962-593-196-1.

[2]:

Eiseman, Fred B. (1989). Bali: Sekala & Niskala Volume I: Essays on Religion, Ritual, and Art. Singapore: Periplus Editions. ISBN 0-945971-03-6.

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