Parthayana (Arjuna’s journey)

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Parthayana (Arjuna’s journey) is a narrative cycle from the Mahabharata tradition that follows the hero Arjuna’s travels, trials, and spiritual quests, often depicted in Javanese art and temple reliefs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mahabharata-related narrative
literary tradition
narrative cycle
associatedWithRegion Java NERFINISHED
associatedWithReligion Hinduism NERFINISHED
Javanese syncretic religion
basedOn Mahabharata NERFINISHED
culturalContext Indonesian Hindu-Buddhist tradition
Javanese culture
depictedIn Javanese art NERFINISHED
temple reliefs
wayang beber NERFINISHED
wayang kulit performances
featuresCharacter Arjuna NERFINISHED
ascetics
demons
gods
focusesOn Arjuna’s acquisition of divine weapons
Arjuna’s spiritual discipline
Arjuna’s travels
followsCharacter Arjuna NERFINISHED
hasMotif hero’s exile
pilgrimage to sacred sites
tests of virtue
hasTheme asceticism
dharma
divine encounters
heroism
journey
spiritual quest
trials and ordeals
influencedBy Indian epic tradition NERFINISHED
local Javanese beliefs
languageContext Javanese language retellings
Old Javanese adaptations
medium oral tradition
performing arts
visual arts
partOfTradition Javanese wayang narrative corpus
Mahabharata tradition
relatedWork Arjunawiwaha NERFINISHED
Mahabharata NERFINISHED
roleInCulture didactic narrative
source of moral instruction
vehicle for religious teaching
timePeriod pre-modern Javanese literary period

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Jago Temple depicts Parthayana (Arjuna’s journey)