Mundinglaya Dikusumah
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Mundinglaya Dikusumah is a folklore among Sundanese people, Indonesia. The folklore tells about the life of a prince in the era of the Sunda kingdom when Great King Silihwangi (more famously known as Prabu Siliwangi) reigned in the kingdom. The Sunda Kingdom itself is often called by Sundanese as Pajajaran (the capital city of the kingdom) after Cirebon and Banten separated from it.
Sources
This folklore originates from a Sundanese oral tradition called pantun story, which then transferred into books written by some Sundanese writers, both in Sundanese and Indonesian.
Summary
King Silihwangi from Galuh married Nyimas Tejamantri. They had a son, Prince Guru Gantangan. When Prince Guru Gantangan was a teenager, the King married Nyimas Padmawati, a princess from Sunda Kingdom. King Silihwangi then became the king of Sunda Kingdom or Pajajaran. Prince Guru Gantangan was then assigned as a regent in Kutabarang. From Queen Nyimas Padmawati, King Silihwangi had a son called Prince Mundinglaya.
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