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{{Infobox deity
| type = Javanism
| name = {{hlist|{{lang|jv|Antaboga}}|{{lang|jv|Antabhoga}}}}
| image = [[File:(a) Juarsa kneels in front of the snake Antaboga (b) Juarsa weeps at the sight of a drawing illustrating events from his life - Sheet 1, Or. 3390 45.tiff|275px]]
| alt = Antaboga
| caption = A 19th century Balinese-style drawing by [[I Ketut Gedé]], depicting a Balinese man named Juarsa worshipping Antaboga.
| affiliation = 
| father = 
| mother = 
| deity_of = King of Worldly Serpents
| other_names = {{lang|kaw|Anantabhoga}} {{in lang|kaw}}
| spouse = 
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| consort = 
| script = {{plist|
* [[Javanese script|Javanese]]: {{Script/Java|ꦄꦤ꧀ꦠꦨꦺꦴꦒ}}
* [[Sundanese script|Sundanese]]: {{Script/Sund|ᮃᮔ᮪ᮒᮽᮧᮌ}}
* [[Balinese script|Balinese]]: {{Script/Bali|ᬅᬦ᭄ᬢᬪᭀᬕ}}}}
| script_name = Javan-Bali scripts
| abode = 
| venerated_in = [[Javanism]], [[Sunda Wiwitan|Sundanism]], [[Balinese Hinduism]]
| texts = {{lang|su|[[Wawacan Sulanjana]]}}
}}

'''Antaboga''' ({{ety|kaw|Anantabhoga}}; {{langx|jv|ꦄꦤ꧀ꦠꦨꦺꦴꦒ}}; {{langx|su|ᮃᮔ᮪ᮒᮽᮧᮌ}}; {{langx|ban|ᬅᬦ᭄ᬢᬪᭀᬕ}}), or colloquially also known as the '''Javan Dragon Snake deity''' is a [[Serpent (symbolism)|serpent]] deity in [[Javanism]] and [[Sunda Wiwitan|Sundanism]] (later also adopted in [[Balinese Hinduism]]).<ref name="NatGeo Indonesia">{{Cite news|first=Galih|last=Pranata|title=Mengenal Sang Hyang Antaboga, Naga dalam Mitologi Jawa dan Bali |publisher=National Geographic Indonesia |url=https://nationalgeographic.grid.id/read/132850798/mengenal-sang-hyang-antaboga-naga-dalam-mitologi-jawa-dan-bali |date=24 August 2021|access-date=2024-08-04 |language=id}}</ref> 

==Nomenclature==
Antaboga was not originally called "Antaboga" natively. But the "Antaboga" nomenclature was derived from [[Javanese language|Javanese]] [[portmanteau|portmanteau term]] of {{lang|jv|Antaboga}} (inherited from {{lang|kaw|Anantabhoga}} in [[ Old Javanese]]) during the [[Hinduism in Java|Hinduization era of Java-Bali]], which might possibly be rooted from two [[Sanskrit]] words, namely {{lang|sa|Āṉanta}} (अनन्त, {{lit| the Divine Snake}}) and {{lang|sa|Bhoga}} (भोग, {{lit|coil}}).

==History==
Antaboga was originally a [[theriolatry]] form of the native Javans dating back to ancient times or before the arrival of foreign religions (e.g. Hinduism, Buddhism, Islamism, Christianity, etc.) on the native Javan land. It is derived from the actual native [[Java]]n dragon snake (''[[Xenodermus javanicus]]''), originally and traditionally venerated in Javanism folk religious belief, widely practiced by the local Javans since pre-Islamic era (before the Islamization of Demak Kingdom, which later transformed as [[Demak Sultanate]]). The Javan dragon snake is traditionally worshiped and held significant core values within the native Javanese and Sundanese ethnic communities.

According to the Sundanese historical ancient manuscripts which documented the native Javans' beliefs, Antaboga was responsible for the birth of fertility goddess; one of the examples is as recorded in {{lang|jv|[[Wawacan Sulanjana]]}}, which mentioned that the Javan fertility goddess emerged from the tears shed by Antaboga that turned into an egg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunda.org/sundanese/myths.htm |title=Early Mythology – Dewi Sri |publisher=Sunda.org |access-date=2012-08-26 |archive-date=2012-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905215151/http://www.sunda.org/sundanese/myths.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://my.opera.com/mrtaufik/blog/2008/03/01/mitos-nyi-pohaci-sanghyang-asri-dewi-sri |title=(Indonesian) Myth Nyi Pohaci/Sanghyang Asri/Dewi Sri |publisher=My.opera.com | date=2008-03-01 |access-date=2012-08-26}}</ref>

After the Islamization of Java era, specifically within the society of Demak Kingdom, the worshiping of Antaboga was legally prohibited and the Demak Javans who still held on to their beliefs started to migrate from Java to Bali to survive their belief system. This migration led the nomenclature emergence of "Antaboga" itself, which assimilated the native Javanese folk belief with the Hinduism; the name itself derived or drew its inspiration from the Balinese Hinduism literature, which retells the story of [[Shesha|Śeṣa]] (one of its names is Āṉanta), later adopted by the Javan-Balinese as the apposite of their own native Javan Dragon Snake-worshipping form. 

According to the Demak Javans who have assimilated as the Balinese, Antaboga holds significant contribution in creatures-making process, believed to be the creator of {{lang|jv|Bedawang}}, from which all other creations sprang.<ref name="Chronicle Books" />

==Mythology==
===in Balinese Hinduism===
[[File:(a) Juarsa cuts the tail of a snake and wounds a second snake (b) Nagagini speaks to her father Antaboga - Sheet 2, Or. 3390 40.tiff|thumb|left|Nagagini speaks to her father, Antaboga.]]
In Javanese and Balinese Hinduism-based mythology, Antaboga has two offsprings, a male named Bambang Naga Tatmala and a female one named Dewi Nagagini.<ref name="NatGeo Indonesia"/> At the beginning of time, only Antaboga existed. Antaboga [[meditate]]d and created the [[world turtle]] named Bedawang from which all other creations sprang.<ref name="Chronicle Books">{{cite book|last=Tresidder|first=Jack |title=The Complete Dictionary of Symbols|publisher=Chronicle Books|date=2005-03-03|isbn=0-8118-4767-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MV25OktTqLIC&dq=Antaboga&pg=PA36|page=36}}</ref> 
===in Sundanism===
According to Sundanese myth, Antaboga was also responsible for the birth of [[Dewi Sri]], the rice goddess of Java and Bali. According to ''[[Wawacan Sulanjana]]'', Dewi Sri emerges from the tears that turned into an egg, shed by Antaboga.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunda.org/sundanese/myths.htm |title=Early Mythology - Dewi Sri |publisher=Sunda.org |access-date=2012-08-26 |archive-date=2012-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905215151/http://www.sunda.org/sundanese/myths.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://my.opera.com/mrtaufik/blog/2008/03/01/mitos-nyi-pohaci-sanghyang-asri-dewi-sri |title=(Indonesian) Mitos Nyi Pohaci/Sanghyang Asri/Dewi Sri |publisher=My.opera.com |date=2008-03-01 |access-date=2012-08-26}}</ref>

==Depictions==
{{Indonesian mythology and folklore}}
[[File:Traditional indonesian instruments04.jpg|thumb|left|Antaboga depicted as a crowned serpent deity decorating a [[gong]] in Javanese [[gamelan]] set]]
In [[Indonesian art|Javanese art]], Antaboga is often depicted as a crowned serpent. As a divine serpent symbolism, it is applied into ornaments and decorative carvings. Generally it will appear on gong decorations as a symbol of the Javanese dragon. Artefacts of ancient objects are also generally decorated with Javanese dragon figures, such as [[keris]], temple doors, stairs railings and other Javanese ornaments.<ref name="NatGeo Indonesia"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Javanese mythology]]
[[Category:Legendary serpents]]
[[Category:Snake deities]]
[[Category:Animal worship]]
[[Category:World-bearing animals]]


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