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STORIES · THE MAHĀBHĀRATA · Tamil · regional retelling
Irawan and Titisari: the Javanese Aravan
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Java gives Arjuna's doomed son a real wife - Krishna's own daughter.
In Javanese wayang Irawan's mother is the daughter of the sage Kanwa, not a Naga. In the play Irawan Rabi, Irawan marries Titisari, a daughter of Krishna. In Irawantaka the demon Kalasrenggi kills Irawan, mistaking him for Arjuna. No Mohini wedding appears in the page's account.
Who: Irawan, Titisari, Krishna, Kalasrenggi
Bound to
Aravan's three boons and the Kali sacrifice same-story-other-version
Places: Java, Indonesia
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