Antaboga
Sign in to saveAntaboga (; ; ; ), or colloquially also known as the Javan Dragon Snake deity is a serpent deity in Javanism and Sundanism (later also adopted in Balinese Hinduism).
Key facts
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- A 19th century Balinese-style drawing by I Ketut Gedé, depicting a Balinese man named Juarsa worshipping Antaboga.
- Deity.deity_of
- King of Worldly Serpents
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- Javan-Bali scripts
- Deity.venerated_in
- Javanism, Sundanism, Balinese Hinduism
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- Indonesian
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- 275px
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- Antaboga
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mythical creature
- Image
- The Ancient Javanese-Balinese Dragon Antaboga.gif
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature
- Mythology
- Depictions
- Notes
Antaboga (; ; ; ), or colloquially also known as the Javan Dragon Snake deity is a serpent deity in Javanism and Sundanism (later also adopted in Balinese Hinduism).
==Nomenclature== is a Javanese-origin name, derived or inherited from in Old Javanese meaning . According to the Balinese literatures, the term might possibly rooted from two Sanskrit words, namely (अनन्त, ) and (भोग, ). In Hindu traditions, he is identified with Sheshanaga.