Sákra of the Kanda narrative

Third of five deities appearing after Nārada’s purifications in the Kanda narrative recorded by Raffles. Guru entrusts Śrī to his care.

Names and tradition associations

• Sákra Javanese · same recordThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.I pp.420–421, Kanda narrative (primary)
• Śakra (Buddhist) Buddhist · unresolvedThomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.I pp.420–421, Kanda narrative (primary)

Variant accounts

• Origin accountAppears after Nārada’s purifications; the passage does not describe biological birth.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.I pp.420–421, Kanda narrative (primary)

Relations

• distinct from: Indra of the Kanda narrativeSeparately enumerated figures in this narrative; not an assertion about every regional use of the names.Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.I pp.420–421, Kanda narrative (primary)

Sources

• Third of five deities appearing after Nārada’s purifications in the Kanda narrative recorded by Raffles. Guru entrusts Śrī to his care.: Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (1830), vol.I pp.420–421, Kanda narrative (primary)