Anusapati

Who was Anusapati?

Anusapati, the second king of Singhasari, was the son of Tunggul Ametung and the first husband of Ken Dedes.

Tunggul Ametung, who was a resident of Singashari before it became a kingdom, was killed by Ken Arok using a cursed kris, a type of Javanese knife, forged by Mpu Gandring. After he killed Tunggul Ametung, Ken Arok married Ken Dedes and built a Singashari Kingdom where he was the first king. Ken Arok married Ken Dedes because she was a very beautiful woman and was the Nareshwari, who could bring power to any man who married her.

Anusapati was killed by his half-brother, Panji Tohjaya by the same kris he used to kill Ken Arok.The keris is said to be cursed and Ken Arok's next seven generation's will all die by the keris.