Singhasari
Sign in to saveSinghasari ( or , ), also known as Tumapel, was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom located in east Java between 1222 and 1292. The kingdom succeeded the Kingdom of Kediri as the dominant kingdom in eastern Java. The kingdom's name is cognate to the Singosari district of Malang Regency, located several kilometres north of Malang City.
Key facts
- Former Country.conventional_long_name
- Singhasari
- Former Country.common_name
- Singhasari
- Former Country.religion
- Hinduism Buddhism
- Former Country.p1
- Kediri (historical kingdom)
- Former Country.s1
- Majapahit
- Former Country.s2
- Kingdom of Singapura
- Former Country.year_start
- 1222
- Former Country.year_end
- 1292
- Former Country.event_start
- Battle of Genter
- Former Country.event_end
- Jayakatwang rebellion
- Former Country.image_map
- Singhasari Kingdom en.svg
- Former Country.image_map_caption
- Expansion of Singhasari during the reign of Kertanegara
- Former Country.capital
- Tumapel, later called Kutaraja Singhasari (modern outskirt Malang)
- Former Country.common_languages
- Old Javanese, Sanskrit
- Former Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Former Country.title_leader
- Maharaja
- Former Country.leader1
- Ken Arok
- Former Country.year_leader1
- 1222–1227
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Foundation
- Expansion
- Conflict with the Mongols
- Fall of Singhasari
- The beginning of Majapahit empire
- Rulers of Singhasari
- Family Tree
- Contemporary inscriptions
- Gondang inscription
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Singhasari ( or , ), also known as Tumapel, was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist kingdom located in east Java between 1222 and 1292. The kingdom succeeded the Kingdom of Kediri as the dominant kingdom in eastern Java. The kingdom's name is cognate to the Singosari district of Malang Regency, located several kilometres north of Malang City.
==Etymology== Singhasari (alternate spelling: Singosari) was mentioned in several Javanese manuscripts, including Pararaton. According to tradition, the name was given by Ken Arok during the foundation of the new kingdom to replace its old name, Tumapel, located in a fertile highland valley which today corresponds to the area in and around Malang city. It derives from Sanskrit word singha which means "lion" and sari which in Old Javanese could mean either "essence" or "to sleep". Thus Singhasari could be translated as "essence of lion" or "sleeping lion". Although the lion is not an endemic animal of Java, the symbolic depiction of lions is common in Indonesian culture, attributed to the influence of Hindu-Buddhist symbolism.