{{For|another use|Pusaka (DJ collaboration)}} {{unreferenced|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} '''Pusaka''' is a Sanskrit-based word meaning treasure or heirloom.
Within Javanese Kejawen culture and other Austronesian cultures affected by it, known as the Malays, but most specifically the inhabitants of modern-day Indonesia and Malaysia (Minangs), Balinese, Bataks, Bugis, Manado, Minang, Moro, Pampangan, Tagalog and many others, ''pusaka'' specifically refers to family heirlooms inherited from ancestors, which must be treasured and protected. These ''pusaka'' may have individual names, honorific titles and supernatural attributes and qualities. The possessor of the ''pusaka'' may be positively or negatively affected by the ''pusaka'', depending on the will or spirit of the item.
The Javanese warrior-king Pangeran Sambernyawa's keris was a ''pusaka'' so powerful that merely pointing at the distant Chinese, Dutch or other enemies, would snatch their souls and leave them dead on the battlefield. Allegedly,{{by whom|date=January 2025}} former Indonesian President Suharto held possession of this powerful pusaka and had Indonesia scoured for the many ''pusaka'' lost to time, including, according to rumours, the mask of Gadjah Mada, several ''tombak'' (pikes and lances) and many keris, to affirm his legitimacy as a modern pseudo-king.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}
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Category:Javanese culture Category:Antiques