Batara Guru (Javanese)

Heaven’s ruler in Raffles’s Kanda synopsis, succeeding his father Tunggal. He produces deities through purification and creates Uma from a leaf; these acts are distinct from biological generation.

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

No parents recorded in the default.

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Kanda synopsis: named parentageOnly the explicitly named parent or parents are selected; an unnamed mother is not replaced with a name from another account.

  deity by descent in this account.

  • father: Sang Hyang TunggalThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
  Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• Wayang: three figures from an eggEgg transformation account, distinct from the Kanda’s four sons and unnamed leaf-created mother.

  deity by descent in this account.

  • parent: Sang Hyang TunggalBatara Guru, Javanese portrayal and names (encyclopedia)
  • mother: Dewi RekatawatiBatara Guru, Javanese portrayal and names (encyclopedia)
  Batara Guru, Javanese portrayal and names (encyclopedia)

Children in alternative accounts

• Bayu (Javanese Kanda): Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Bisa Warna: Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Dewi Sumi: Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Kama Rati: Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Kwera: Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Mahadewa (Javanese Kanda): Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Mahadewi: Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Mahayakti: Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Pretanjala: Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Rahwana (Javanese Kanda): Kanda: adoption by GuruThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• Sambu (Javanese Kanda): Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Sangyana: Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Sewa (Manek Maya): Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Sri (Javanese Kanda): Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• Wisnu (Javanese Kanda): Manek Maya: motherless generationThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)

Names and tradition associations

• Sang Hyang Manikmaya Javanese · same recordBatara Guru, Javanese portrayal and names (encyclopedia)
• Girinata Javanese · same recordBatara Guru, Javanese portrayal and names (encyclopedia)

Variant accounts

• Manek Maya: cosmic originManek Maya appears from a divided cosmic ball and is renamed Sang Hyang Guru by Wisesa. This is not Tunggal’s biological family in the Kanda.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)

Relations

• child of: Sang Hyang TunggalThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• creator of: Uma (Javanese Kanda)Leaf transformation or purification in the Kanda; not biological descent.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• creator of: Sambu (Javanese Kanda)Leaf transformation or purification in the Kanda; not biological descent.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• creator of: Brama (Javanese Kanda)Leaf transformation or purification in the Kanda; not biological descent.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• creator of: Mahadewa (Javanese Kanda)Leaf transformation or purification in the Kanda; not biological descent.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• creator of: Basuki (Javanese Kanda)Leaf transformation or purification in the Kanda; not biological descent.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• creator of: Wisnu (Javanese Kanda)Leaf transformation or purification in the Kanda; not biological descent.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• creator of: WarsikiLeaf transformation or purification in the Kanda; not biological descent.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Batara Kala (Javanese Kanda)Guru acknowledges bodily origin but denies ordinary child status in this account.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Maha PralayaGuru acknowledges bodily origin but denies ordinary child status in this account.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• adoptive father of: Rahwana (Javanese Kanda)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• sibling: PuguThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• sibling: Divine Clown-GuardianThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• sibling: Resi Narada (Javanese Kanda)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
• regional cult form: ShivaJavanese textual portrayal with independent creation and family accounts.Batara Guru, Javanese portrayal and names (encyclopedia)
• manifested from: Sang Hyang WisesaCosmic-ball origin, not biological parentage.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Mahadewa (Javanese Kanda)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: MahadewiThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Sambu (Javanese Kanda)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: SangyanaThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Bisa WarnaThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Kama RatiThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Wisnu (Javanese Kanda)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Sri (Javanese Kanda)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Bayu (Javanese Kanda)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Dewi SumiThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: PretanjalaThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: KweraThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: MahayaktiThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• manifestation source of: Sewa (Manek Maya)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• appoints: Dewi Pratiwi (Manek Maya)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• appoints: Kusika (Manek Maya)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• appoints: Gangga (Manek Maya)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• appoints: SindulaThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• appoints: DasampalanThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• appoints: ManiharaThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• appoints: Anta Boga (Manek Maya)Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• appoints: TambanThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.II Appendix H, chapters I–III, pp.cxii–cxix: Manek Maya (secondary)
• sibling: Sang Hyang AntagaBatara Guru, Javanese portrayal and names (encyclopedia)

Sources

• Heaven’s ruler in Raffles’s Kanda synopsis, succeeding his father Tunggal. He produces deities through purification and creates Uma from a leaf; these acts are distinct from biological generation.: Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)