Surtikanti - (Wayang Kulit)

Surtikanti - second daughter of Prabu Salya

Title	Surtikanti - (Dewi) - Mahabharata
Other names
Size	31 cm
Personal data	Dewi Surtikanti is the second daughter of Prabu Salya, king of Mandaraka country with consort Dewi Pujawati/Setyawati, the only daughter of Bagawan Bagaspati from the Argabelah hermitage. She has four siblings each named; Dewi Erawati, Dewi Banowati, Arya Burisrawa and Bambang Rukmarata. Dewi Surtikanti married Basukarna/Duke Karna, the elder half-brother of the Pandawas and the king of Awangga/Angga (Mahabharata) son of Dewi Kunti with Bathara Surya. From that marriage, she had two sons named Warsasena and Warsakusuma.
Appearance	Dewi Surtikanti has the character; full of compassion, loyal, patient and very devoted.
Collection	Private collection

Surtikanti - (Dewi) - Mahabharata

Dewi Surtikanti died before Adipati Karna died in a duel with Arjuna in the Bharatayuda War due to the mistake and negligence of Adimangala's words, the Governor of Awangga State said; Adipati Karna asked for a word betel to become Adipati Karna Seda/Mati.

DEWI SURTIKANTI

Dewi Surtikanti is the second daughter of King Salya, the king of the Mandraka country. This princess was first betrothed to Prabu Suyudana, the king of Astina. But at that time Surtikanti had become acquainted with Raden Suryaputra (Karna), the adopted son of the king of the state of Petipralaya.

Suryaputra's introduction to Surtikanti took place secretly, but Raden Pamade (Arjuna) also found out about it. Fight the knight. Suryaputta has Pamade's will in his hands

beheaded and wounded in the temple.

At that moment Resi Narada descended, a god from heaven separated the two knights, explained to Pamade that he was dealing with his own elder brother and said that Pamade should have helped carry out Suryaputra's marriage to Surtikanti. Sang Hyang Narada then presented Suryaputra with a crown to cover the wound on his temple and he has since been crowned Suryaputra.

The war between the two knights was so beautiful that it became a famous dance called the wirong dance, which describes the war between Pamade (Arjuna) and Suryaputra. This dance is also known as Wireng Karna Tinanding.

The wireng dance is one of the selected dances and indeed it is also danced to the soft sound of the gamelan so that it can touch the hearts of audiences interested in art.

Dewi Surtikanti has double eyes, a curved nose and a slightly upturned face. Standing with the eagle behind it. Large bun with part of the hair loose.

Dewi Surtikanti was the second daughter of Prabu Salya, king of the Mandaraka State with Dewi Pujawati. Dewi Surtikanti has four siblings, namely, Dewi Wrawati, Dewi Banowati, Arya Burisrawa and Bambang Rukmarata. Dewi Surtikanti has a character full of compassion, loyal, patient and very devoted. Initially, Surtikanti was betrothed to King Duryudana from Hastina. But before that, Surtikanti had become acquainted with Raden Suryaputra (Karna). The introduction and relationship between them took place secretly. Until one day the Mandaraka Palace was in an uproar because someone infiltrated to meet Dewi Surtikanti. That person's face is very similar to Pamade (Arjuna). Therefore, Arjuna promised to find and arrest this person. Pamade (Arjuna) managed to find Suryaputra. A fight between the two cannot be avoided. Until Pamade managed to grab Suryaputra's neck and was about to cut off his neck. However, soon Bathara Narada came who broke up the fight between the two brothers. Bathara Narada then explained that they were brothers, Suryaputra was the older brother of Pamade (Arjuna). After hearing Bathara Narada's explanation, Pamade actually helped Suryaputra to get Dewi Surtikanti . Finally, Duryudana was willing to give in and handed over Surtikanti to Karna. From this marriage, they were blessed with two sons, each named Warsasena and Warsakusuma. Dewi Surtikanti defends the death of her husband Adipati Karna. However, this was actually the fault of Adimanggala, the governor of the Awangga state. Adipati Karna asked his wife for sedah/betel, but she said that Adipati Karn was Seda/dead. Hearing the news that her husband had died, she chose to defend herself. Surtikanti died before Adipati Karna died in a duel.

Blog: Hadisukirno – Yogyakarta – 2012

Dewi Surtikanti died before Adipati Karna died in a duel with Arjuna in the Bharatayuda War due to the mistake and negligence of Adimangala's words, the Governor of Awangga State said; Adipati Karna asked for a word betel to become Adipati Karna Seda/Mati.

Dewi Surtikanti committed suicide to defend her husband's death. Dewi Surtikanti died before Adipati Karna died in a duel with Arjuna in the Bharatayuda war because of Adimangala's mistakes and careless words. the state governor Awangga said; Adipati Karna asked for sedah / betel to be said to become Adipati Karna Seda / Mati.