Rice Goddess

Cross-tradition figure; the Sundanese version (Nyi Pohaci Sanghyang Asri) is given a separate Sundanese entry. Here she is treated as the Balinese rice goddess.

Domains

• rice and fertility
• household prosperity

Powers

• makes the rice ripen and multiply in field and granary

Epithets

• ᬦᬶᬦᬶᬧᬦ᭄ᬢᬸᬦ᭄

Relations

• sibling: God of Wealth
• syncretism: Lakshmi
• equated with: Rice Goddess

Sources

• Covarrubias, Miguel (1937). Island of Bali. New York: Knopf.
• Wessing, Robert (1990). 'Sri and Sedana and the Spirits in the House,' Asian Folklore Studies 49(2): 235-258.