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Durmagati – (Raden) – Mahabharata
After her marriage, Gandari gave birth to a meatball after an unusually long time. Abiasa divided this ball into one hundred equal pieces. There was a small piece left. All pieces were carefully stored in barrels of butter for two years. On the first day of the third year, a day after the birth of the Pandawa brothers, the vessels were opened. A barrel was opened every day. Suyudana, who is also called Duriodana, is the eldest. Next came Dursasana. This continued until on the hundred and first day the girl Dursilawati (also called Dusala) was born. The sons of Dasarata and Gandari are called the Korawa.
Durmagati is not very important puppet, and his role in an all-night shadow puppet performance is very limited to only the Pasebanjawi scene (outer scene) with his other brothers.
In normal plays, Durmagati is not mentioned as a powerful person. But in the Baratayuda war, the average Kaurava became powerful, so did Durmagati. At first he continued to succeed in the war, but in the end he was also defeated by Pendawa.
The Kauravas generally dress beautifully and wear broken batik cloth which indicates that they are great knights.
Source: History of Wayang Purwa - Hardjowirogo - PN Balai Pustaka - 1982
