Terms of address: Bambang
Type: Human
Origin: Java
Description in the Javanese wayang retellings: He is the son of Arjuna and [Dresanala]. When his mother was pregnant with him, she was forced to divorce Arjuna by Batara [Guru,] on the urging of Batari Durga, who wanted her to marry her son [Dresanala]. Dewasrani tried to get rid of the infant Wisanggeni by throwing him into the Candradimuka crater, but this only resulted in strengthening Wisanggeni, who emerged out of the crater as a fully-grown man. In the manner of [Bima], Wisanggeni only speaks in ngoko, the lowest level of Javanese. Wisanggeni spent his entire life at Kuksinageni with his grandfather Batara [Brama]. Wisanggeni married [Mustikawati], and fought [Boma_Narakasura] over her hand in marriage. Wisanggeni was impossible to defeat and the Gods worried that his presence in the Bharatayuda would ruin the predestined paths of other characters. Therefore, Batara [Brama] asked Wisanggeni to sacrifice himself. He instructed Wisanggeni to look at the point in between his eyes. He complied with this request and became progressively smaller, until he eventually became a speck of dust (there are alternative versions of his death).
Notes on the Indian retellings: Not mentioned in the Indian Mahabharata
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