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This group is found in the Old Javanese text

However, in other sources there are slightly different names


some members of this group. for instance in the place of
can be found Paramaiiva, in the place of Umapati can be
lsvara, while the places of Rudra and Maheivara are
changed. The whole group is in the Old Javanese text
pagéring bliurnna (“the fence of the universe”) or
aéag$éring $6urnnn (“the stronghold of the universe”). It
then mean that the placement of the gods in such a
was meant to symbolize the function of the group of gods
guardian and stabilizer of the universe."
The east is also the direction of the entrance of
Central Javanese sanctuaries. This fact must have been
to the sun symbolism in Buddhism. The Buddha's birth
compared to the rising of the sun, and the Buddha's
This group is found in the Old Javanese text
However, in other sources there are slightly different names some
members of this group. for instance in the place of can be found
Paramaiiva, in the place of Umapati can be lsvara, while the places
of Rudra and Maheivara are changed. The whole group is in the Old
Javanese text pagéring bliurnna (“the fence of the universe”) or
aéag$éring $6urnnn (“the stronghold of the universe”). It then mean
that the placement of the gods in such a
was meant to symbolize the function of the group of gods guardian
and stabilizer of the universe."
The east is also the direction of the entrance of Central
Javanese sanctuaries. This fact must have been
to the sun symbolism in Buddhism. The Buddha's birth
compared to the rising of the sun, and the Buddha's

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