Puti Indo Jalito
Minangkabau · mortal · Minangkabau traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Puti Indo Jalito is the primordial ancestress of the tambo, wife of the founder Sri Maharaja Diraja and, after his death, of the sage Cati Bilang Pandai. Through her the two great strands of Minangkabau custom are born of a single womb: Datuk Ketumanggungan, her son by the king, and Datuk Perpatih nan Sabatang, her son by the sage, are maternal half-brothers. In a society reckoned through the mother she is the fount of legitimate descent, and later tradition tends to merge or confuse her with the queenly figure of Bundo Kanduang. Recensions of the tambo vary in the order of her marriages and in the paternity assigned to each son.
Children
Domains
- matriliny
Powers
- bear the founders of the two customary laws
Relations
- spouse: Sri Maharaja DirajaJosselin de Jong, P.E. de. 1951. Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan. Leiden: Ijdo, pp. 100-104. (secondary)
- spouse: Cati Bilang PandaiJosselin de Jong, P.E. de. 1951. Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan. Leiden: Ijdo, pp. 104-106. (secondary)
- child: Datuk KetumanggunganJosselin de Jong, P.E. de. 1951. Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan. Leiden: Ijdo, pp. 100-106. (secondary)
- child: Datuk Perpatih nan SabatangJosselin de Jong, P.E. de. 1951. Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan. Leiden: Ijdo, pp. 104-106. (secondary)
Sources
- Puti Indo Jalito is the ancestress who, married first to Sri Maharaja Diraja and then to Cati Bilang Pandai, becomes the mother of the two adat-founders Datuk Ketumanggungan and Datuk Perpatih nan Sabatang.: Josselin de Jong, P.E. de. 1951. Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan. Leiden: Ijdo, pp. 100-106. (secondary)