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{{Short description|Serpent deity in Javanism and Sundanism}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Indonesian
| name = {{hlist|{{lang|jv|Antaḅoga}}|{{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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| 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 = {{hlist|{{lang|su|[[Wawacan Sulanjana]]}}|{{lang|jv|[[Tantu Pagelaran]]}}}}
}}

'''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==
{{lang|jv|Antaboga}} is a [[Javanese language|Javanese]]-origin name, derived or inherited from {{lang|kaw|Anantabhoga}} in [[Old Javanese]] meaning {{lit|endless food}}.<ref name="snb">{{cite web | title=Naga | website=Sonobudoyo | date=2024-12-01 | url=https://sonobudoyo.jogjaprov.go.id/id/tulisan/read/naga#:~:text=Antaboga%20berarti%20makanan%20yang%20tidak,satu%20unsur%20penyusun%20alam%20semesta. | access-date=2025-03-19}}</ref> According to the Balinese literatures, the term might possibly rooted from two [[Sanskrit]] words, namely {{lang|sa|Āṉanta}} (अनन्त, {{lit|infinite}}) and {{lang|sa|Bhoga}} (भोग, {{lit|to enjoy, to benefit}}). In [[Hinduism|Hindu]] traditions, he is identified with [[Sheshanaga]].<ref name="snb"/>

==Mythology==
[[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]]
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 Javanese and Balinese mythology, Antaboga has two offsprings, a male named Bambang Naga Tatmala and a female one named Dewi Nagagini.<ref name="NatGeo Indonesia"/>

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 |date= |accessdate=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 |accessdate=2012-08-26}}</ref>

These days many of the old myths and legends are celebrated in the [[wayang]] performance that became a vehicle to combine the syncretic philosophies from outside with those philosophies and ideas already rooted within the local cultures and traditions.

==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"/>

Antaboga is possibly 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 Javanese since pre-Islamic era (before the Islamization of Demak Kingdom, which later transformed as [[Demak Sultanate]]).{{cn|date=December 2024}}

==Notes==
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[[Category:Javanese mythology]]
[[Category:Legendary serpents]]
[[Category:Nāgas]]
[[Category:World-bearing animals]]


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