Arjuna Wiwaha Painting: The Kamasan Epic Explained
An Arjuna Wiwaha painting depicts scenes from an eleventh century Old Javanese epic poem, composed by the court poet Mpu Kanwa during the reign of King Airlangga, that tells how the hero Arjuna wins the favor of the gods through meditation on Mount Indrakila and receives the divine Pasupati weapon from Shiva. In Kamasan painting, […]

























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