Dasamuka

Dasamuka or Rahwana is on ramayana epic only.

He is son of a priest namely resi Wisrawa with dewi Sukesi. He has a bigger power because he ever took a 'tapabrata' that he hang himself head ! till bathara Guru commanded bathara Narada to went to 'mayapada' ( world ) to ask Dasamuka what he wanted. Then Dasamuka need the biggest power from the gods-bathara Guru-but the gods did't give what he want. Dasamuka continued his 'tapabrata' till the power of universe that unpredict and unhold came then suddenly heard a voice that the biggest power has this universe all give what Dasamuka want.

Resi Jamadagni

Resi Jamadagni or Suwandagni is father of both bambang Sumantri and bambang Sukasarana. He is an extraordinary that has the biggest divine and violently power ever seen because of his deeper pray and 'tapabrata' ( a samadi or praying like a stupor but intentively keep on praying, without eat or drink and no sleep or rest ! ).

In pedhalangan this character usually seen in lakon 'Sumantri ngenger'.

Resi Suwandagni is in ramayana and gathotkaca epics only.

Yuyutsu

Yuyutsu is the son of Yamawidura. Yuyutsu lived in Astina's king Duryudana kingdom at "Panggombakan" ( on backside of Astina's king hall ).

He has 2 sons : Arya Sunjaya and Arya Subrasta.

In Bharatayudha battle, Yuyutsu and his son,AryaSunjaya, turn to join to pandawa. Opposite of his second son, Arya Subrata, that join into kurawa.

Yuyutsu and Arya Sunjaya is killed by Karna (Karna is the kurawa alliance).

Then Arya Subrata is killed by Abimanyu (Abimanyu is a son of Arjuna, a brother of pandawa ).

Yamawidura

Yamawidura is the brother of both Pandu and Drestarasta, he is the second son of prabhu Abhyasa( early generation king of Astina). He always suggest to Duryudana to take a peace with pandawa. In Bharatayudha he was in neutral side.

Before the bharatayudha, Yamawidura get himself intensively to making a peace to the both pandawa and kurawa.

Semar

Semar is just an original java's wayang character.

Semar means a shadow or a blaze or light .

Semar called Bathara Ismaya ( the highest gods of Suryalaya, more higher than Bathara Guru ).

This character is become the central of the spiritual of java's wayang.
semar means as sunar (light)

Samba

Samba is a son of Kresna ( Dwarawati's king ) with dewi Jembawati.

Samba's other name is Wisnubrata. He live in Paranggaruda priest holy place.

Bathara Guru

Bathara Guru is a king of gods in Suryalaya ( divine kingdom ). His other name is sanghyang Pramesthi Guru. He has a below level called Bathara Narada.

The image above is Bathara Guru on the "lembu Handini", lembu ( divine cow ) that could to fly around the world.

Sumantri

Sumantri or bambang Sumantri is only in Gathotkacasraya/ramayana epic only.

Sumantri is a son of resi Suwandagni in Plosojajar of Maespati kingdom of king Arjunasasrabahu. He has a younger brother named bambang Sukasarana.

Dursala,Dursasana's son

Dursala is a son of Dursasana a kurawa brother.

He is arrogan and often see lower than him to many violent power man.

Dursala became a student of Resi Pisaca- a giant - that had been given Dursala a 'mantra' called aji gineng. Aji gineng makes who will be destroyed by the Dursala's snarl.

Dursala dead when he fighted against to Gathotkaca to the battle to win the Pringgadani kingdom. Dursala dead with Gathotkaca's mantra : aji narantaka.

Basudewa

Basudewa is a son of prabhu Basukunthi, a second king generation of Mandura kingdom, Basukunti married with dewi Dayita a son of king Kuntiboja from Boja kingdom.

Basudewa has 2 brother and 1 sister, they are dewi Pritha/Kunthi (Pandawa's mother ), Ugrasena and Arya Prabu Rukma.

He skills in the soldier of use the arrow and sword.

He give the kingdom to the his first son Kakrasana / Baladewa.

Baladewa

Baladewa or Kakrasana is the king of Mandura kingdom. He is a son of Basudewa-Mandura's king- with dewi Maerah (Java). He has a younger brother named Narayana ( Kresna in children ) and has a sister named dewi Sumbadra or Lara Ireng.

Baladewa describe that has the hard and honest.

It is on mahabarata epic only.
On Bharatayudha war, he and kresna on the netral side

Lesmana Mandra Kumara

Lesmana Mandra Kumara is the Duryudana's son - Duryudana married with dewi Banowati-. Lesmana's perform as a gay like. He has a slowly minded ( dull ). His sister named dewi Lesmanawati has married to Arya Warsakapura- a Karna's son-.

In bharatayudha he will kill Abimanyu but unfortunatelly Lesmana dead before Abimanyu.

Lesmana described as a royal queen of Astina's king Duryudhana, so he has a specially living than others.

But his romantic living isn't longer than because he always lost to reach an angel, Arjuna or Abimanyu always win to reach an angel. The competition of love struggling from the both Abimanyu and Lesmana often make little battle of pandawa and kurawa. Usually pandawa won.

'lakon'

The word 'lakon' is meant a story subject which accordingly to the story will tell.
As example here is 'lakon Gathotkaca gandrung', there is storied by how Gathotkaca got the love.
Many lakons become a trend then it changes on the other time.
Now the trendsetter lakon as follows :

• 'Wahyu sri makutho romo'
• 'Semar mbangun kahyangan'
• 'Begawan Sidiwacana'
• 'Sumantri ngenger'
  
• 'Mbangun candi sapto argo'
• 'Duryudana gugur'
• 'Bedhah ngalengka'
• 'Srikandi njemparing'
• 'Sinta obong'
• 'Anoman moksa'
• 'Banjaran gathotkaca'
• 'Abimanyu gugur'
• 'Romo tambak'
• 'Anoman obong

Arjunasasrabahu.

Arjuna Sasrabahu is a king in Maespati kingdom. This character is in ramayana and gathotkaca epic only.

Sasra is meant a thousand, bahu is meant hand. So Arjuna Sasra Bahu is meant a king which has power and ability for absolute in his hand.

Gendari, mother of kurawa

Dewi Gendari is from mahabharata epic. Gendari is wife of prabhu Drestarasta a king in Astina kingdom. Gendari has a brother named Haryo Suman or Sengkuni which become a Prime minister in Astina's king Duryudhana.

She is love to pandawa for internal only, in her true heart she hate to pandawa.

NagaPercona

Above is Naga Percona.

A monster of Dragon which has horribly body face character. He is a giant dragon that keep a dragon kingdom of Antaboga ( Antaboga is a dragon king ).

Gunungan 3, kayon gapuran

Above is an image of 'kayon/gunungan gapuran'. see the gunungan
Gunungan Gapuran means a triumphal arch ( of kingdom , village and a priest's place ).

Gunungan 2 , gunungan hakekat

There is an image named "gunungan Hakekat" see the gunungan
Gunungan hakekat means that it is about spiritual values. Hakekat is meant to divine truth -in java/Indonesia spirit-.

Parikesit

Above is image of Parikesit.
Parikesit is the next generation king of Astina after Puntadewa-his grandfather-.
Parikesit is a son of Abimanyu with dewi Utari a son of Prabhu Matswapati with dewi Yustinawati from the Wiratha kingdom.
Because his father ( Abimanyu ) dead in bharatayudha so he is an orphan. And after king Puntadewa dead, he become a king in Astina.

Drupadi

Above is an image of dewi Drupadi. In java's wayang story dewi Drupadi is the prabhu Puntadewa/Yudhistira's wife.
Biography of Drupadi
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name : Drupadi
from : Amarta
husband : Puntadewa/Yudhistira
grup : pandawa
title : queen of amarta
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Living of Drupadi
Dewi Drupadi is an angel that married with Puntadewa. She is a queen in Amarta.

Wisanggeni

Wisanggeni or bambang Wisanggeni is only in java's wayang story (pedhalangan), Wisanggeni is not mentioned in mahabharata or ramayana epic. Pedhalangan was entered Wisanggeni in mahabharata epic, that Wisanggeni as Arjuna's son with bethari (angel) Dresanala.
Biography of Wisanggeni
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name : Wisanggeni
father & mother : Arjuna and dewi Dresanala
tittle : bambang / raden
alliance :pandawa
hairloom : sword-fire
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Krepa, Astina's Priest

Resi Krepa or Krepa is one of three priests in Astina ( Bhisma and Durna/Kumbayana ), He is a son of a priest, resi bharadwaja. Krepa is a big guru (begawan) teach boths of pandawa and kurawa, that he and Durna are as guru of pandawa and Kurawa.
When a day Karna entering the passing test between pandawa and kurawa, Krepa asked to Karna where Karna came from. see the Karna.
Left is Krepa in young time. Right is Krepa as a priest in Astina's king Duryudana.

Krepa on other story

Krepa is the second son of king Purungaji with dewi Uruwaci, on Tempuru kingdom.

his older sister, Krepi, become wife of Durna.

Because of his expert on philosophy, king Duryudana has gave him as kingdom priest both with Bisma.

In Bharatayudha he is still alive, together with Kartamarma and Aswatama. While Kartamarma and Aswatama have been killed by a baby named Parikesit, Krepa still alive.

Krepa get the position as a biggest priest in Indraprasta ( Astina after bharatayudha) of king Parikesit.

Parasara

Biography :
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name : Parasara or Pulasara
title : Priest
wife : Setyawati or Durgandini or Gandawati
has son : Abiasa or Abhyasa
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Setyaki

Harya Setyaki is a senopati (army's general) of Dwarawati's king Kresna. In bharatayudha he is into pandawa grup fighting against to kurawa.
In java's pedhalangan Setyaki is always fights to Aswatama (army's general of Astina's king Duryudana).

Aswatama, the Durna's son

Above is image of Aswatama (bambang Aswatama )
Biography
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name : Aswatama
from : Astina
title : Bambang ( a priest's son )
father : Durna
Mother : Krepi ( daughter of Krepa )
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living of Aswatama
Aswatama is a son of Durna.
He is as a chief general army in Astina's king Duryudana so he always takes a part in every time while kurawa have have enemies. Then in bharatayudha he just still alive because of he goes to running out of the battle.

Kresna, the peacemaker

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name : Kresna
from : Dwarawati kingdom
title : king of Dwarawati
hairloom : Chakra
father : Basudewa
other names : Kakrasana
wifes ( 3 ) :Dewi Jembawati , dewi Rukmini and the last dewi setyaboma
has sons ( 3 ) :Bomanarakasura, Samba and the last is dewi Sundari
alliance : Pandawa
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living
Kresna is reincarnation of dewa /bathara Wisnu-a happiness gods-.
In java's wayang leather puppet Kresna is the brother of boths Baladewa and Sumbadra then to be told that Kresna is a king in Dwaraka kingdom or Dwarawati kingdom. He is a son of a king to named prabhu Basudewa in Mandura kingdom ( the next king is Baladewa, Basudewa's first son).
Kresna is known as a reincarnation Wisnu, gods of happiness, as anyone knows that in mahabharata and ramayana epics there were several wayang characters as the reincarnation of Wisnu such as : Ramawijaya/Rama ( in ramayana ), Kresna ( in mahabharata) and Arjunasasra (in gathotkacasraya). But in Java's wayang story (pedhalangan) there is some changing from the original of boths ramayana and mahabharata epics. All of Wisnu's reincarnation are have divine hairloom, 'Chakra' arrow.

Drestadyumna,

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name : Drestadyumna
from : Pancala kingdom
title : raden (lord)
father : Drupadi
mother : dewi Gandawati
allianced to : Pandawa
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Drestadyumna is a son of prabhu (king) Drupada of Pancala or Pancalawati kingdom and he is as brother of Srikandi ( Arjuna's wife) and Drupadi ( Puntadewa's wife ).

Dursilawati, kurawa's daughter

above is image of Dursilawati.
Biography :
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name : Dursilawati
from : Astina
father : Drestarasta
mother: Gendari
grup : kurawa brother ( female )
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living
Dursilawati is the last kurawa brother and she is one female than others of kurawa.
In java wayang she always be known as dewi Dursilawati.
She is the last prabhu Drestarasta's son.
In bharatayudha Dursilawati fight against to Pandawa then Dursilawati dead.

Salya, Mandaraka's king

Biography : 
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name       :  Salya or Narasoma
from        :  Mandaraka kingdom
wife         :  dewi Setyawati
hairloom : arrow
alliance of : Kurawa
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Srikandi, the great woman

Biography :
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name        :  Srikandi
from         : Pancala kingdom
husband  :  Arjuna
father      : king Drupada ( a king of Pancala kingdom )
mother   :
grup       : Pandawa
hairloom : arrow named Hrusankali

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Abimanyu, the Arjuna's son

Biography :
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name   :   Abimanyu
from    :   Amarta kingdom  
father :    Arjuna
mother : dewi Sumbadra
grup  : Pandawa
title   : raden ( lord )
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Jayadrata, the mysterious

 Biography :
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name     : Jayadrata
from      : Sindu country
wife       : Dursala
hairloom: 'gada' ( iron cudgel )
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living
Jayadrata is a king in Sindu state. He is a mysterious wayang perform because was not known where was he came from exactly.
In bharatayudha battle he against to Abimanyu, an Arjuna's son, then he killed Abimanyu.
Arjuna was angry and sad because of his son, Abimanyu, had been killed by Jayadrata a king of Sindu state. Then Arjuna fighted against to Jayadrata. Jayadrata had been killed by Arjuna , Jayadrata's head fall down apart from its body. Arjuna's pasopati arrow got a victim from kurawa's  alliance.

Ramaparasu

Biography of Ramaparasu
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name : Ramaparasu
title : Resi / a priest
father : Jawandagni or Suwandagni
other names : Parasurama ; RamaBhargawa
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living of Ramaparasu

Ramaparasu or Ramabhargawa is the most violent priest that has screamy face.
And many of ksatriya (lords) and many of priests are fear to Ramaparasu.
He is a son of resi (priest) Jamadagni that Jamadagni teached his son attentively and so deeply of the knowledge of misticism, spiritualism and others , because Jamadagni saw there was many of the evil lords made the unhappiness to peoples.
Ramaparasu become a horribly and screamy youth went to everywhere to making peace.
His face is screamy, his hair is long till to his foot. Ramaparasu has the hairloom and gun.
He has long age equally 800 years old , since Ramayana era till the last-mahabharata era.
Since his life he just has 3 students only, they are Bhisma, Durna and Karna , because he doesn't wellcome to knights ( lord and king ) became his student that depending on his opinion cause all of knights make war everywhere.

Sengkuni, Astina second people

Biography
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name : Sengkuni
from : Astina in "kasatryan Plosojenar"
title : patih ( Prime minister )
grup : kurawa
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Living
Patih Sengkuni or Haryo Suman is the prime minister in Astina of Prabhu Duryudana. He is the brother of dewi Gendari ( dewi Gendari is kurawa's mother).
So patih Sengkuni is uncle of all kurawa brothers.

He famously talkerchief that he have bad thought to make how pandawa and kurawa become to be destroyed. It is happening because of he hate to see his sister, dewi Gendari, become Drestarasta's wife- a blind man.

Dursasana, Kurawa brother

Biography
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name : Dursasana
from : Astina kingdom
grup : Kurawa

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The living
Dursasana is one of the kurawa brother that he is the second son of Drestarasta and he is after Duryudana.
He is in Astina kingdom in "kasatriyan Banjarjumbut".

nostalgia with wayang

When i watched wayang kulit purwa ( in TV or live show ) i am very glad. Because wayang kulit purwa told about the human own in power, wisdom , spiritual, and several positive value. as example, in the story "Karna tanding" ( Karna have been against to ) it is described that before bharatayudha battle began, Karna had talked to his mother,dewi Kunthi, that he avoided to rejoin into pandawa. The dramatic talking that have touched our deepest heart.
In the glad story brings us to the happiness. It is like in the story "Petruk dadi Ratu" ( Petruk become king ). Petruk is a performance of the ordinary people that don't have power too much ( violent, power , lord , knowledge etc ) but Petruk can get the high level in a kingdom. This story is full with fun and joke that many children like it.

I will try to arrange the 'pedalangan'

But, it is not great if i don't make and posted the story text of wayangkulit purwa. I just have been trying to arrange the story in 'pedalangan'. What is meant 'pedalangan'? Pedalangan is the story of wayangkulit purwa that is played by dalang, or in the short it's called what dalang talk.
Every story of wayangkulit purwa that have been played by dalang is called 'lakon'.

This is an image of Karna.

At saturday midnight i listened wayang in my city's radio

Yeap. In every saturday night, at midnight, i hear in FM local radio a wayangkulitshow that make me happy. Later the radio had been heard a lakon "Sumantri ngenger". This was a story about bambang Sumantri a begawan Suwandagni's son that had been fighted himself against to prabhu Arjunasasra a king in Maespati for a giving dewi Citrawati to prabhu Arjunasasra. Sumantri had got dewi Citrawati a magadha's angle with the high difficulty that Sumantri had to loose a thousand lord and king that they would got dewi Citrawati too.

After all.In the front of triumphal arch or Maespati Kingdom that seen Sumantri had brought dewi Citrawati and eight hundreds woman as "putri domas" that had needed as dewi Citrawati want. Sumantri stopped himself and all the dewi Citrawati and his Domases. Why ?

Patih Kertanadi, as prime minister of prabhu Arjunasasra, came then said why Sumantri didn't go to the prabhu Arjunasasra ? Sumantri would gave dewi Citrawati with the condition that Prabhu Arjunasasra have to fight againts to him.

The music and the story that had been played by dalang was too dramatically and different to other stories of wayangkulitpurwa show. Because of boths, bambang Sumantri and prabhu Arjunasasra, were known had the highest violent ( Sakti Maharana ), Sumantri had lose thousand of lords and kings and prabhu Arjunasasra had lose Dasamuka/Rahwana a king in Alengka, with easy.

at 4.00 a.m. the wayangkulit show was the end. I have an idea that you have to get it , the enjoying of wayangkulit purwa show.

Gunungan

Gunungan

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Gunungan is the most important in the wayangkulit show when it is played because of that gunungan meant something 'talk' deeply as cultural-spiritual languages descripted about discipline and regardless of human communication to God , human and human and human to universe.

Most of Java'ancestor had created it just no for accessory. The gunungan had been created by them was for to morality massage, how? Gunungan is always seen in :

• The earliest start of playing of wayangkulit show
• The end of playing
• As limitation between the bad and the well of wayangkulit character. The bad characters always be taken in left side and the well characters always be taken in right side of the main stage
• In the middle of playing while dalang is showing 'goro-goro' subscene

Gunungan is the one character that have several variaties. They are gunungan as 'triumphal arch' of kingdom of wayangkulit , gunungan as the forest , gunungan as the 'suryalaya'(the divine's universe )'s triumphal arch , and the last gunungan as the 'padepokan' ( the guru's home ) and the 'kasatriyan'(the lord's home ).

The gunungan image above is gunungan as a triumphal arch.

Gathotkaca, the Bima's son

The biography :
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Name : Gathotkaca

Title : raden ( lord )

country : Pringgadani

father : Bima

mother : Arimbi

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The living
Gathotkaca is raden Bima's son that Bima had married to dewi Arimbi a royal queen of Pringgadani kingdom. The baby of Gathotkaca was not like other babies because of the baby Gathotkaca had had the powerful mighty ( Kasekten. java ), the baby Gathotkaca was called 'Tetuka'. Tetuka had something thing in his body that could not to be cutted. Therefore, Tetuka would have to be placed in a crater named 'kawah Condrodimuka'.