Anusapati

Anusapati ꦄꦤꦸꦱꦥꦠꦶ
Sri Bathara Anusapati
Second King of Singhasari
Reign	1227–1248
Predecessor	Ken Arok
Successor	Wisnuwardhana
Born	Tumapel Palace
Died	1248 (1249) Tumapel Palace
Burial	Kidal Temple, Tumpang, Malang
Issue	Wisnuwardhana (and others)
Dynasty	Rajasa
Father	Tunggul Ametung (Pararaton version) Ranggah Rajasa (Nagarakretagama version)
Mother	Ken Dedes
Religion	Hindu-Buddhist

Anusapati, Anushanatha, or Anushapati was the second king of Singhasari, an Indianized Hindu kingdom in east Java between 1222 and 1248.

He was the son of Tunggul Ametung, the first husband of Ken Dedes. Anushapati assassinated Ken Arok in 1227, avenging his father's death. ^{[1] : 185–188}

The semi-mythical Pararaton, a Javanese historical chronicle, ^[2] states that Tunggul Ametung, the ruler of the minor Javanese kingdom of Tumapel, was killed by the first king of Singhasari Ken Arok using a cursed kris, a type of Javanese knife, forged by Mpu Gandring. After he killed Tunggul Ametung, Ken Arok married Ken Dedes and formed the kingdom of Singhasari. The Pararaton alleges that Anusapati used the same cursed kris to kill Ken Arok.

According to the Pararaton, Anusapati was killed by his half-brother, Panji Tohjaya, using the same kris he used to kill Ken Arok.

See also

• Kidal Temple
• Greater India
• Indosphere
• Hinduism in Indonesia

References

1. Cœdès, George (1968). The Indianized states of Southeast Asia. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN   9780824803681.
2. Johns, A. H. (1964). "The Role of Structural Organisation and Myth in Javanese Historiography". The Journal of Asian Studies. 24: 91. doi:10.2307/2050416. JSTOR 2050416.