Marakata Pangkaja

{{short description|Balinese king}}

{{infobox royalty

|succession= King of Bali

|predecessor= Udayana

|successor = Anak Wungçu

|royal house = Varmadeva

|father = Udayana

|mother = Mahendradatta

|regnal name = Çri Dharmawangsa Wardhana Marakata Pangkajastanottunggadeva

|reign = 1022 – 1049

|religion = Hinduism

|title = Dharmawangsa Wardhana Marakatapangkaja

}}

Marakata Pangkaja was a Balinese king from the Warmadewa dynasty.{{cite book

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3TXAAAAMAAJ&q=king+marakata

|title=Evolution of Hindu Culture in Bali: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time

|first=I. Gusti Putu |last=Phalgunadi

|publisher=Sundeep Prakashan |year= 1991

|isbn=9788185067650

|pages=50–51

}} He was the son of King Udayana and Queen Mahendradatta, a Javanese princess. His royal title was Çri Dharmawangsa Wardhana Marakata Pangkajastanottunggadewa.{{cite book

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f6H-kCvCCwgC&pg=PA29

|title=Perfect Order: Recognizing Complexity in Bali

|volume= 22 of Princeton Studies in Complexity

|first=J. Stephen |last=Lansing

|edition=illustrated, reprint

|publisher=Princeton University Press

|year=2012

|isbn= 9780691156262

|page=29

}} He ascended to the throne in 1022 CE, and probably reigned until 1049 CE.{{cite book

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7AcwO4jxFIC&pg=PA220

|title=Burials, Texts and Rituals: Ethnoarchaeological Investigations in North Bali, Indonesia

|first1=Brigitta |last1=Hauser-Schäublin|first2= I Wayan |last2=Ardika

|publisher=Universitätsverlag Göttingen|year= 2008

|isbn=9783940344120

|page=220

}} His reign coincided with the reign of his elder brother, King Airlangga, who ruled the Mataram Kingdom in Java. After he died, the next king who ruled Bali was his younger brother, King Anak Wungsu.

In several inscriptions, King Marakata is depicted as a ruler who was like Lord Vishnu, who often helps his suffering people. The Bwahan B inscription stated that the king granted the request of the Bwahan village elders to buy a portion of the royal hunting ground, because they lacked sufficient land for herding and collecting firewood. His name is mentioned in at least 10 inscriptions found on the island of Bali.{{cite journal|url=https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/sastra/article/download/49895/31533/ |title=The Role of Religious Figures in the Government Bureaucracy of King Marakata|lang=id|first1=Luh Gede Ratna |last1=Citramanik|first2=Ni Ketut Puji Astiti |last2=Laksmi|journal=Humanis: Journal of Arts and Humanities|volume= 23.3 Agustus 2019|pages= 224–231}}