Gold Plates Inscribed with Names of Gods Unearthed

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22 Ancient Gold Plates Inscribed with Names of Gods Unearthed
in Stone Box in Java

Twenty-two small gold plates with divine symbols and characters have been unearthed in central Java, a large island in the Indonesian archipelago. When archaeologists went to investigate, they found a candi (Buddhist or Hindu temple) in the same location as the stone box in which the gold plates were discovered.

Workers constructing a water aquifer project struck gold when they found the box with the gold plates that date to the 8th century A.D.

The workers found the small gold plates in a pile of stones in Ringilarik village, Musuk district in the Boyolali area of Central Java, an island that is presently home to more than 100 million people.

The gold plates are 18 karat gold and are inscribed in ancient Javanese letters, said Gutomo of the Central Java Heritage Conservation Agency.

The inscriptions give the names of the cardinal and ordinal directions of the wind gods, called Dewa Lokapala, of the old Hindu-based religion of Java.

“We recorded eight names of wind Gods. We have also declared the location as a heritage site,” said Gutomo.

The owner of the land and the workers who discovered the gold plates will get some monetary compensation.

So far in 2016, people have made three big discoveries of ancient features in Boyolali, including another candi foundation that a brick maker found in April in the Giriroto village Ngemplak district. He found a Mahakala statue in the candi ruins.

Mahakala is a fierce, wrathful protector aspect of Buddhism’s Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion, Avalokiteshvara. Mahakala is also identified as an avatar of Shiva, the great god of Hinduism.

Mahakala, seen here in a statue from Tibet, is described variously
as an aspect of the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion and of Shiva.

Shiva is identified with another ancient god of India and Java, Rudra, who is associated with winds and storms, apparently like the Dewa Lokapala. It is said “Shiva” originated as an epithet of the earlier Rudra, who is known as “mightiest of the mighty.”

In the final age, the Indian gods Rudra and Vishnu will incarnate in one person as Kalkin-Rudra to save the world from the intensifying horrors of the final age.

Of Mahakala as Avalokiteshvara, the Web page Thranguhk.org states:

“This tutelary deity is one of the Dharmapalas in Vajrayana Buddhism who defend the Dharma from corruption and degeneration and from forces hostile to it; to keep the site of the ritual free from impure thoughts and actions; to guide and protect the individual practitioner from all kinds of deception and delusion; bestow the power to overcome life struggles; and to eliminate one’s obstacles and impediment that hinders.”

Experts estimated the statue dates to the ninth century, a period when Shiva Hinduism was ascendant in Java. Earlier at the same location, a Nandeswara statue was discovered.

In another village, Nepen, four stupas or dome-shaped Buddhist shrines about 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall, were discovered.




Source: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-...ox-java-006617


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This looks to be a Hindu variation as Mahakala is stomping on an elephant. Or a reptilian. Could be Nepalese too. Mahakala is the number one protector deity in Tibetan Buddhism. I had a 21 inch two armed Mahakala Lord of the Pavilion with inlaid copper and silver. There are many variations of Mahakala. Lord of the Pavilion (the ground of tantric realization) rules all others. A Tibetan deity is much like an Egyptian neter. It represents a force, a power, with variations in tonality, clarity, color, feeling, intensity and more. I like Schwaller de Lubicz's writings on neters. Far far more meaning than writing. A great source for Himalayan art is the Rubin Museum of art site himalayanart.org. Mahakala, fearlessly stomping on any enemy of the teaching, standing with flaming hair which burns all impurity from the mind, carrying instruments of realization proclaiming victory.