Dharmaputra (official title)

Dharmaputra was the special official formed by Raden Wijaya from Majapahit, and the member or participants of the Dharmaputra was the:Ra Kuti, Ra Semi, Ra Tanca, Ra Wedeng, Ra Banyak, and Ra Pangsa. This seventh men of the Dharmaputra was killed during the reign of Jayanegara.[1][2]

Titles and positions

The Dharmaputra was identified on the Pararaton, this positions was not apperared in any historical sources. Also in the Nagarakretagama or any inscription by the kings of Majapahit the task of this position was unknown but in Pararaton they mentioned Dharmaputra as the “pengalasan wineh suka” it means “ the special officials by Kings”, the Dharmaputra was promoted by Raden Wijaya but in 1328 they were extinct from any historical sources.[3][2]

Ra Semi rebellion

In Kidung Soradaka mention on 1316 Nambi’s dad was death on Lumajang.Ra Semi also go to Lumajang with the mourners from Majapahit, and then occured the tragic incident that Nambi was suspected for doing the rebellion action by Mahapati. The action by Mahapati was making Jayanegara trusting the lies by Mahapati and send the reinforcement through Nambi positions.[4]

When the Majapahit forces come to Lumajang Ra Semi decided to rebelled against Majapahit, but in the end Nambi was killed with his followers including Ra Semi. Pararaton cites this rebellion into the short description that the Ra Semi rebelled to Jayanegara authority, the rebellion was located at Lasem. But in the end the rebellion was suppressed by Majapahit and Ra Semi was killed.[5]

Ra Kuti rebellion

In 1319, one of Dharmaputra member Ra Kuti was not enjoyed the Jayanegara authority he then decided to rebelled against Jayanegara rules, the rebellion was marked as the deadliest rebellion because of Kuti advances through the Trowulan city and still dangerous than the Ra Semi rebellion.[6]

After retreated and secured Jayanegara into the Badander village, Gajah Mada going to Trowulan for seeking the supports from many people. He then demanding many officials into the govenor of amancanegara houses to spreading the false information that Jayanegara was death, after seeing the official and civilians drop their tears Gajah Mada then believe that many people still supporting Jayanegara.[7]

And then Gajah Mada organized his strategy and troops to secured Majapahit from Ra Kuti hands, he quickly attacked and killed Singa Parapen and his companies. Following with the storming of Mahapati forces he then faced Ra Kuti with the defectors of Bhayangkara, but ultimately Gajah Mada was succeeded to destructed Ra Kuti companion and suppressed the rebellion.[8][9]

Ra Tanca incidents

Ra Tanca was the one of Dharmaputra officials who still alived after the Ra Kuti rebellions in 1319, on 1328 Ra Tanca was telling Gajah Mada about his wives complaint about the Jayanegara who restricted his two sisters: Dyah Gitaraja and Dyah Wiyata for marrying and begging Gajah Mada to compromise Jayanegara. But Gajah Mada refused the Ra Tanca reports who make Tanca get insulted.[10][11]

Ra Tanca was one of great physician doctors in Majapahit palace and he get called by Jayanegara to healed the Jayanegara illness, when Tanca doing surgery in Kings room. Suddenly killing Jayanegara with the knife and Jayanegara was died on Ra Tanca hands, after that incident Gajah Mada began to killed Ra Tanca.[12][13]

But according to Slamet Muljana,Gajah Mada was planning the assassination of Jayanegara. According to Pararaton Gajah Mada was the Patih of Daha,although he retained an close relations with Jayanegara he also had relations with Dyah Wiyat. Gajah Mada was acted like he didn't care about Tanca opinion to inflicted the Tanca actions, this strategy was success and Gajah Mada was killing Tanca after Tanca killed Jayanegara. He also succeeded to saving Dyah Wiyat for Jayanegara lust.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Notosusanto, Marwati Djoened, Poesponegoro, Nugroho (2008). Sejarah Nasional Indonesia Jilid 2: Zaman Kuno (in Indonesian). Balai Pustaka (Persero), PT. ISBN 978-979-407-408-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Muljana, Slamet (1979). Nagarakretagama dan tafsir sejarahnya (in Indonesian). Bhratara Karya Aksara.
  3. 1 2 Muljana, Slamet (2005). Menuju puncak kemegahan: sejarah kerajaan Majapahit (in Indonesian). LKiS. ISBN 978-979-8451-35-5.
  4. ↑ Media, Kompas Cyber (2021-08-05). "Pemberontakan Nambi, Gugurnya Patih Pertama Kerajaan Majapahit". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
  5. ↑ Wiratmoko, Y. P. B. (2004). Cerita R Tengger (in Indonesian). Grasindo. ISBN 978-979-732-860-3.
  6. ↑ Hariadi, Langit Kresna (2008). Gajah Mada: Bergelut dalam kemelut takhta dan angkara (in Indonesian). Tiga Serangkai. ISBN 978-979-3301-90-7.
  7. ↑ Parinduri, Alhidayath. "Sejarah Pemberontakan Ra Kuti di Majapahit, Ditumpas Gajah Mada". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2026-07-18.
  8. ↑ Komandoko, Gamal (2015-01-01). Gajah Mada (in Indonesian). Media Pressindo.
  9. ↑ Achmad, Sri Wintala (2019). SEJARAH RAJA-RAJA MAJAPAHIT (in Indonesian). Araska Publisher. ISBN 978-623-7145-97-4.
  10. ↑ Kompas, Tim Harian (2023-07-02). "Ra Tanca". Kompas.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2026-08-02.
  11. ↑ Purwadi (2007). Sistem pemerintahan kerajaan Jawa klasik (in Indonesian). Pujakesuma. ISBN 978-979-16161-5-7.
  12. ↑ Hariadi, Langit Kresna (2004). Gajahmada (in Indonesian). Tiga Serangkai. ISBN 978-979-668-558-5.
  13. ↑ Purwadi (2007). History of Java: Local Wisdom Description Since Ancient Mataram to Contemporary Era. Tanah Air. ISBN 978-979-29-0605-9.
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