Supreme Divine Order
Balinese · deity · primordial / formless, pre creation · Recorded classification
Highest tier of the Balinese (Hindu-Bali) layer. 'Sex: none' because the godhead is explicitly formless and beyond gender. Acintya is the older Siwaite name; Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa is the modern systematized title.
Domains
- supreme godhead
- cosmic order
Powers
- emanates every god and spirit as a manifestation of itself
- remains beyond thought, form and the senses
Epithets
- ᬅᬘᬶᬦ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬬ 'The Inconceivable' — the formless supreme godhead of Balinese HinduismBalinese Hindu theology; Parisada Hindu Dharma tradition (secondary)
- ᬲᬂᬳ᭄ᬬᬂᬢᬸᬗ᭄ᬕᬮ᭄ 'The Holy Singular One' — the One beyond the godsBalinese-Javanese theological tradition (secondary)
Sources
- Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa / Acintya is the single supreme, formless godhead of Balinese Hinduism, source of all other deities.: Hooykaas, C. (1964). Agama Tirtha: Five Studies in Hindu-Balinese Religion. Amsterdam. (secondary); Picard, Michel (2011). 'Balinese religion in search of recognition,' Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 167(4): 482-510. (secondary)