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        "id": 1137395,
        "msgid": "surabaya-curabhaya-or-surabhaya-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-12-09 00:00:00",
        "title": "Surabaya, Curabhaya or Surabhaya?",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Surabaya, Curabhaya or Surabhaya? I would like to comment on the article about \"Surabaya\" in The Jakarta Post on Dec. 2, page 18. I am convinced that Surabaya port has been known since before Borobudur temple was built, not just in the year 1293. In Sanskrit Sura means God, or deity. It is strange also if a shark was called Sura by modern historians. The Sanskrit word Surabhaya means \"that which produces a sweet smell\".",
        "content": "<p>Surabaya, Curabhaya or Surabhaya?<\/p>\n<p>I would like to comment on the article about \"Surabaya\" in The <br>\nJakarta Post on Dec. 2, page 18.<\/p>\n<p>I am convinced that Surabaya port has been known since before <br>\nBorobudur temple was built, not just in the year 1293.<\/p>\n<p>In Sanskrit Sura means God, or deity. It is strange also if a <br>\nshark was called Sura by modern historians. The Sanskrit word <br>\nSurabhaya means \"that which produces a sweet smell\". This is more <br>\nlogical, because Surabaya port was a port where the export of the <br>\nsweet-smelling sandalwood from East Java and Nusa Tenggara was <br>\ndone.<\/p>\n<p>In Javanese sura means brave, and baya means frightening or <br>\ndangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Also, If the name \"Surabaya\" is linked to king Raden Wijaya's <br>\nsuccess in driving away the Chinese-Moghul invaders, then the <br>\nname should be \"Jayabaya\" which means \"successful in overcoming <br>\ndanger\".<\/p>\n<p>SUNARTO PRAWIROSUJANTO<br>\nJakarta<\/p>",
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