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Antaboga
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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).

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Within Vinony's link graph, Antaboga is referenced by 58 other articles, and connects out to kris, Kawi and Hinduism.

It sits within the topics Javanese mythology, Legendary serpents and Nāgas.

Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.

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Deity.caption
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
Deity.script_name
Javan-Bali scripts
Deity.venerated_in
Javanism, Sundanism, Balinese Hinduism
Deity.type
Indonesian
Deity.image
275px
Deity.alt
Antaboga

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The Ancient Javanese-Balinese Dragon Antaboga.gif

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  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Antaboga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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