Janda dari Jirah

A novel built on a chapter of history that poets in the age of Kediri were forbidden to record, because it would stain the rule of King Airlangga. At its centre is a woman known as Ibu Ratna Manggali, or Rangda ing Jirah, the Widow of Jirah, who leads the Jirah community, a Tantric Buddhist order whose priests leave their hair uncut and do not strive for nirvana. From there her teaching wins ever more followers and her domain grows until it shakes Airlangga's throne. The crisis comes when Airlangga prepares to make his daughter heir to Kediri, and someone from Jirah splits the kingdom in two. The feared witch of the old legend becomes a calm, wise woman defending what is rightly hers.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

187 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

First published

2007 by Gramedia Pustaka Utama

ISBN

9789792228755 (original)