Statue at the National Museum of Indonesia, No.2776/286b. Note: According to Agus Aris Munandar, this statue is the embodiment of Gajah Mada. At first, Gajah Mada was depicted as a Brajanata character in the Panji story. At first Gajah Mada was not directly depicted as a Bima character, he was depicted as a Brajanata character because the Panji story was known earlier than the activities of making Bima statues which apparently began in the mid-15th century. The glorification of Gajah Mada in the first stage is profane — in the form of its depiction as Brajanata, but then the glorification of Gajah Mada occurs in the second stage which is more sacred, which is equated with Bima as an aspect of Siva (Munandar, Agus Aris (2010). <i>Gajah Mada: Biografi Politik</i>. Jakarta: Komunitas Bambu. Page 121).
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2019-07-16
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