Rukma - (Wayang Kulit)

Rukma - son of Prabu Basukunti

Title	Rukma - (Prabu) - Mahabharata
Other names	Bismaka, Wasukunti, Hirayana
Size	50 cm
Personal data	Prabu Rukma (Bismaka) is the son of Prabu Basukunti, the king of Mandura with his consort Dewi Dayita, the daughter of Prabu Kunti, the king of Boja. Bismaka has three siblings, namely Arya Basudewa, Dewi Prita or Kunti, and his younger brother Arya Ugrasena. He has a young name, namely Raden Arya Prabu Rukma. He was the younger brother of King Basudewa from the kingdom of Mandura. Prabu Basudewa trusted him as the guardian of the King’s three children who lived in the village of Widara Kandhang. He wanted to keep this a secret so that no one would know about the guardian, not even his children. Arya Prabu Rukma successfully married Dewi Rumbini, the daughter of Prabu Rumbaka, King of Negara Kumbina. From this marriage he had two children named Dewi Rukmini and Arya Rukmana. Unofficially, Arya Prabu Rukma also married Ken Sagupi, the swaraswati of the Mandura palace, and had a daughter named Ken Rarasati/Dewi Larasati. He became king in Kumbina replacing his father-in-law named Prabu Rumbaka. After that, he was named Prabu Bismaka, Prabu Wasukunti or Prabu Hirayana. Later, Rukmini, his daughter, was married to his own nephew who was the son of Vasudewa, namely Narayana or Prabu Kresna.
Appearance	Arya Prabu Rukma had the nature and character of being brave, intelligent, agile, skilled in using arrows and a war strategy expert.
Collection	Private collection

Rukma – (Prabu) – Mahabharata

In the story of Basudewa Grogol, the King Basudewa commanded Rukma to kill queen Dewi Maerah, because she had slept with the giant Gorawangsa and become pregnant. Arya Prabu Rukma did not want to kill her, so he left her in the jungle instead (see the story of the character Kangsa Dewa).

In the Story of Kangsa Adu Jago, King Basudewa was very angry with Rukma because Kangsa Dewa found out that The King had three children who lived in the village of Widara Kandhang. Arya Prabu Rukma went to the village to visit Ki Demang Antyagupa, the head of the village. He asked Ki Demang Antyagupa why Kangsa Dewa knew about the King’s children.
He also asked Ki Demang why he had a big alun-alun (field), ringin kurung sakembaran (two bayam trees) and a white elephant. He recognized those symbols as being some of the visual representations of a kingdom. Ki Demang explained that all of those symbols were Kakrasana’s idea, and even though he already warned him he did not listen.
Ki Demang apologized about the misunderstanding, but Arya Prabu Rukma did not accept the apology. He was so angry at Ki Demang Antyagopa, that he beat him with a whip. Ki Demang cried, but nobody could help him because no one was at home. He cried Kakrasana’s name, and Kakrasana came back from the farm and heard Ki Demang. He was so angry that he jumped and punched Arya Prabu Rukma.
Raden Kakrasana chased him until Arya Prabu Rukma ran and jumped up onto his horse. Raden Kakrasana was just about to take his elephant and chase him, but Ki Demang told him to stop because the man he was chasing was the king’s brother. Kakrasana was so disappointed that he went to meditate in the Grojogan sewu (waterfall).

In this story, Ki Demang was killed by the followers of Kangsa Dewa and Kakrasana received the magical weapons called Nanggala and Alugara from the god Brama to kill Kangsa Dewa.
The end of his story is told, Prabu Bismaka alias Arya Prabu Rukma died on the battlefield against Prabu Bomanarakasura, the king of Surateleng or Trajutisna country.