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Sĕḍah (Mpu)

Panuluh (Mpu)

This edition of the Bharatayuddha provides and extensive introduction,a romanised text,an English translation,detailed annotations and indexes,of old Javanese poem or Kakawin,uniquely written by two poets,mpu Sedah and Punuluh,in AD 1057.

An Old Javanese Poem and Its Indian Sources

Bhāratayuddha

Peter Worsley

Thomas Hunter

Margaret Fletcher

In Mpu Monaguṇa's Sumanasāntaka, the authors offer an edited text and translation of Mpu Monaguṇa's early thirteenth century epic kakawin Sumanasāntaka along with extensive commentary on the history of the poem and its story in India, Java and Bali.

An Old Javanese Epic Poem, its Indian Source and Balinese Illustrations

Mpu Monaguṇa's Sumanasāntaka

A Kakawin of Mpu Tantular

Arjunawijaya

Like many works of Old Javanese literature, the kakawin Arjunawijaya (Arj.) was first introduced to the wor1d of Western scholarship in 1849 through the well-known report of Friederich, Voorloopig Verslag van het Eiland Baii. In this report Friederich (1959: 25) says: 'The Arjuna Vijaya ("the Triumph of Arjuna") is fonned after the Uttarak??l4a ... It contains the combat of Arjuna with R?vat]. a and his victory. R?vat]. a is here bound, but not yet killed, because his time has not yet arrived. Re is to be destroyed by R?ma ... ' Written in 1849, when the study of Old Javanese had barely taken the first step in its slow progress on a long and arduous road, Friederich's report was a promising start. It is therefore disheartening to discover how, 120 years later, the Arj. is still little more than a closed book. To the best of my knowledge there is not one article exclusive1y devoted to any aspect of the poem, let alone a major publication. It would be an exaggeration, however, to say that the Arj. is completely unknown to students of Old Javanese. Short descriptions of the manuscripts of this kakawin, and even outlines of their contents, have been given in the Catalogues of the Old Javanese manuscripts in the possession of the Library of the University of Leiden, and in the few articles and books treating Old Javanese literature in general. Occasionally a reference to the Arj.

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