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:''Untuk film Indonesia yang diangkat dari kisah ini, lihat [[Loetoeng Kasaroeng]].''
Prabu Tapa Agung, the aging king of Pasir Batang, had two daughters: Purbararang and Purbasari. He intended to retire as king, and wanted Purbasari to succeed him.
'''''Lutung Kasarung''''' (artinya '''''Lutung yang Tersesat''''') adalah [[cerita pantun]] yang mengisahkan legenda [[Sunda|masyarakat Sunda]] tentang perjalanan Sanghyang Guruminda dari Kahyangan yang diturunkan ke ''Buana Panca Tengah'' ([[Bumi]]) dalam wujud seekor [[lutung]] (sejenis [[monyet]]). Dalam perjalanannya di Bumi, sang lutung bertemu dengan putri Purbasari Ayuwangi yang diusir oleh saudaranya yang pendengki, Purbararang. Lutung Kasarung adalah seekor mahkluk yang buruk rupa. Pada akhirnya ia berubah menjadi pangeran dan mengawini Purbasari, dan mereka memerintah Kerajaan Pasir Batang dan Kerajaan Cupu Mandala Ayu bersama-sama.
Cerita pantun ''Lutung Kasarung'' dijadikan bahan disertasi oleh [[F. S. Eringa]] yang dibukukan pada tahun [[1949]].
This angered Purbararang, the elder daughter. With her fiance Indrajaya, she went to a witch and asked her to put a spell on Purbasari. The spell left Purbasari with a rash all over her body. This was regarded as a curse from the gods, so Purbasari was exiled from the palace and driven to live in a jungle.
== Rujukan ==
In the jungle, Purbasari's companions were the animals. One of these was a monkey named Lutung Kasarung, who had magical powers and could talk with humans. To help Purbasari, Lutung Kasarung took her to a lake and told her to bathe in it. This cured the skin condition caused by the witch's spell and restored her beauty. Purbasari was able to return to the palace, and asked Lutung Kasarung to come back with her.
* Eringa, F. S. 1949. Loetoeng kasaroeng: een mythologisch verhaal uit West-Java. Verhandelingen va heit KITLV, Leiden.
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Purbararang was shocked by this. In her next attempt at the throne, she asked Prabu Tapa Agung to select the princess with the longer hair as his successor. The king measured his daughters' hair, and found that Purbasari's was longer.
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Undaunted, Purbararang made a new demand of Prabu Tapa Agung: that he choose as his successor the daughter who had the more handsome fiance. She was confident that she could win this competition, since she had Indrajaya and Purbasari had no one. In desperation, Purbasari reached out to her friend the monkey. At this point, Lutung Kasarung was transformed into a very handsome man. He explained that he was actually Guruminda, a son of the goddess Sunan Ambu, who had been cursed to live in a monkey's body until he found a woman who was willing to marry him. Since Guruminda was more handsome than Indrajaya, Prabu Tapa Agung chose Purbasari to be his successor.
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Purbasari forgave Pubararang and Indrajaya and allowed them to remain in the palace.
[[su:Lutung Kasarung]]
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