Sang Hyang Smara dan Dewi Ratih dalam Kakawin Smaradahana (Perspektif Gṛhastha Aśrama)

Mardiasni, Ni Kadek (Institut Hindu Dharma Negeri Denpasar)

Pangkaja: Jurnal Agama Hindu
Vol 22, No 1 (2019)

Kakawin smaradahana tell story of the burning of Sang Hyang Smara through the third eye of Bhaṭara Siwa and tell romance story of sang hyang smara and dewī ratih. This Kakawin smaradahana contains the main noble values containing the teachings of love, namely the romance through the characterization of Sang Hyang Smara and Dewi Ratih. This romance of love is connected to a Hindu marriage, a teaching about Gṛhasta Aśrama or household life. The Gṛhastha Aśrama is a heredity in family life. The Gṛhastha Aśrama teachings contained inthe characterization of Sang Hyang Smara and Dewi Ratih show that a married couple must be able to maintain the relationship based on loyalty. The values contained in the story are the value of satyam (loyalty), the value of siwam (chastity) and the value of sundaram (beauty or the art) played by Sang Hyang Smara and Dewi Ratih.