Chandra (Javanese Kanda)
Javanese · deity · perennial in wayang · Recorded classification
Beautiful, sorrowful deity produced through Narada’s purification and named by Guru.
Variant accounts
- Manifestation accountThe Kanda synopsis describes creation by Narada rather than birth to a biological parental pair.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)
Relations
- created by: Resi Narada (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)
Sources
- Beautiful, sorrowful deity produced through Narada’s purification and named by Guru.: Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java, second edition (1830), vol.I pp.418–428: synopsis of the Kanda (secondary)