The precise and written background history of the Pakraman Peguyangan Village has not yet been discovered. However, based on a literature study of the contents of the Dresta Ilikita of Pakraman Peguyangan Village, the author found several elements referring to the village's history, such as the name Pakraman Peguyangan arising from the tale of the elephant Kyai Panji Sakti, which maguyang (rolling around), and the place where the elephant maguyang is referred to as peguyangan. The term peguyangan is also linked to the contents of a copper inscription at Pura Dalem Batan Celagi, which states that the caretaker of the inscription was granted the freedom to pay taxes because they were given the responsibility to take care of and ngaci sam sat kahyangan, meaning "who guards the place of hyang." Maintaining the prahyangan must be pageh (steadfast/consistent), which then leads to the terms pageh and hyang becoming the origin of the name peguyangan (Anonymous, 2011: 1).
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