1. Gayatri Rajapatni was an influential figure within Majapahit's inner palace and later in her life acted as the matriarch of Majapahit's Rajasa dynasty.
18 Facts About Gayatri Rajapatni
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Gayatri Rajapatni's name is derived from Gayatri, the Hindu goddess personification of hymns and mantras.
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Gayatri Rajapatni's siblings are Tribhuwaneswari the oldest, Prajnaparamitha, and Narendra Duhita.
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King Kertanegara was well known as a pious adherent of Tantric Buddhism, it is highly possible that Gayatri Rajapatni was exposed to Buddhist ideas and subsequently adhered to the religion.
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In 1292 Gayatri Rajapatni witnessed the destruction of her home, the Singhasari kingdom, under the unsuspected attack of Jayakatwang, Duke of Gelang-gelang.
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George Coedes contends Raden Vijaya and Gayatri Rajapatni were married before the Jayakatwang revolt, during which she was killed.
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Raden Wijaya in 1293 cunningly using the aid of invading Mongol forces managed to destroy Jayakatwang forces in Kediri, and finally liberated Gayatri Rajapatni and rescued her captured sisters.
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Gayatri Rajapatni took Gayatri as his wife, Gayatri's sisters; Prajnaparamitha, and Narendra Duhita, concluding all of Kertanegara's daughters as his consorts.
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Indreswari bore Kertarajasa a son and thus an heir, Jayanegara, while Gayatri Rajapatni bore him two daughters, Princess Gitarja and Rajadewi.
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The tradition mentioned that Gayatri is Kertarajasa's favourite, thus earning her a new name "Rajapatni" or "Raja's consort or companion", praised the couple as a perfect match, as far as comparing the couple as the incarnation of the celestial couple; Shiva and Parvati.
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Gayatri Rajapatni seems to take an interest in Adityawarman, Jayanegara's cousin of Malayu Dharmasraya lineage.
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Gayatri Rajapatni carefully saw through Adityawarman's education and career development and became his sponsor and patron.
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At a certain point of time during the last years of Jayanegara's reign, Gayatri Rajapatni renounced her worldly affairs and retired as a Bhikkuni.
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Responsible for the succession of the Majapahit throne, Gayatri Rajapatni appointed her daughter Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi to rule the kingdom on her behalf in 1329.
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In 1350, Gayatri Rajapatni died in her vihara, subsequently, Queen regnant Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi abdicated her throne in favor of her son Hayam Wuruk who ascended the throne in the same year.
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Gayatri Rajapatni's death marked the ascend of Hayam Wuruk to the throne since Tribhuwana Tunggadewi had only become queen regnant on behalf of Gayatri.
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Gayatri Rajapatni was enshrined in several temples and posthumously portrayed as Prajnaparamita, the Mahayana Buddhist female Bodhisattva of transcendental wisdom.
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Some inscription mentions the lofty offering and ceremony performed by Adityawarman and Gajah Mada to honor the spirit of the late Gayatri Rajapatni, suggesting that both men owed their careers to Gayatri Rajapatni's patronage.