Suhita

Regnal name
	Prabhu Stri Suhita

Suhita
ꦯꦸꦲꦶꦡ
Suhita; ꦯꦸꦲꦶꦡ
	Statue of Queen Suhita of Majapahit.
Queen of Majapahit
Reign	1429 – 1447
Predecessor	Vikramavardhana
Successor	Vijayaparakmaravardhana
Born	After 1406; Kingdom of Majapahit
Died	1447 (aged c. 40); Kingdom of Majapahit
Burial	Singhajaya
Spouse	Ratnapangkaja, Duke of Kahuripan
Regnal name
Regnal name
	Prabhu Stri Suhita
House	Rajasa
Father	Vikramavardhana
Religion	Hinduism

Suhita or Soheeta (died 1447), was a Javanese queen regnant and the sixth monarch of the Majapahit empire, ruling from 1429 to 1447.

Early life

She was the daughter of King Vikramavardhana,[1]^: 242 her predecessor, by a concubine who was the daughter of 2nd Duke of Virabhumi, who was killed in the Regreg civil war with Vikramavardhana. She was succeeded by her younger brother, Dyah Kertavijaya, the future King Vijayaparakramavardhana.

Suhita was arranged to marry his relative, Prince Ratnapangkaja. He was son of Suravardhani and Ranamanggala. His mother was Suhita's paternal aunt, and his father was King Hayam Vuruk's step brother.

Legend

The Damarwulan legend is associated with her reign, as it involves a maiden queen (Prabu Kenya in the story), and during Suhita's reign there was a war with Blambangan as in the legend.[2]

A notable monumental sculpture found in Tulungagung Regency, East Java has been identified by some authors as of Suhita. She is dressed in royal attire, including ear pendants, necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and pendants hung from several girdles. In her right hand, she holds a lotus bud, which symbolized deceased royalty in transformation.[3]

Notes

Cœdès, George (1968). The Indianized states of Southeast Asia. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824803681.
Claire Holt. Art in Indonesia: Continuities and Change. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1967, p. 276.
Jan Fontein, R. Soekmono, and Satyawati Suleiman. Ancient Indonesian Art of the Central and Eastern Javanese Periods, New York: Asia Society Inc., 1971, p. 146-147.

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[Coedes-1] Cœdès, George (1968). The Indianized states of Southeast Asia. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824803681.

[2] Claire Holt. Art in Indonesia: Continuities and Change. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1967, p. 276.

[3] Jan Fontein, R. Soekmono, and Satyawati Suleiman. Ancient Indonesian Art of the Central and Eastern Javanese Periods, New York: Asia Society Inc., 1971, p. 146-147.