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Śiwarātrikalpa of MPU Tanakuṅ

An Old Javanese poem, its Indian source and Balinese illustrations

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  1. A. Teeuw
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  2. Th. P. Galestin
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  3. S. O. Robson
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  4. P. J. Worsley
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  5. P. J. Zoetmulder
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Part of the book series: Bibliotheca Indonesica (BIBI, volume 3)

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Part One

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • A. Teeuw, Th. P. Galestin, S. O. Robson, P. J. Worsley, P. J. Zoetmulder
      Pages 3-157

  3. Part Two

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Indian Source of the Kakawin

      • A. Teeuw, Th. P. Galestin, S. O. Robson, P. J. Worsley, P. J. Zoetmulder
      Pages 161-212

  4. Part Three

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Four Balinese Illustrations of the Tale of Lubdhaka

      • A. Teeuw, Th. P. Galestin, S. O. Robson, P. J. Worsley, P. J. Zoetmulder
      Pages 215-308

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 309-358
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In the fifteenth century the ritual called the Night af siwa was well-known in South India, more specifically in the Empire of Vijayanagara, which was flourishing at that time. A Javanese poet of those days, Mpu Tanakun by name, who had become acquainted with the ritual, wrote a didactic poem which aimed to make it known and have it accepted in his own country. For this religious message he employed the form of the kakawin, the court poem or kävya of Java, and in imitation of Indian nxxlels he clad his message in the tale of the hunter, Lubdhaka, who despite his sinful existence was able to share the bliss af heaven through the simple fact that - by accident and unawares- he fulfilled the essential elements af the ritual. It is not known whether the poet's efforts met with success in Java itself; his poem did, however, remain known in Bali, the preserver of so many items af medieval Javanese culture. Not only have Balinese priests laid down and elaborated in religions works the ritual which he proclaimed, but the poem has also inspired Balinese artists to make paintings, in former centuries as well as this. And so the story with its religious message from India, by way of the inspiration of a Java­ nese poet, has beoome part af the Indonesian cultural heritage. Five centuries after Ta.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Śiwarātrikalpa of MPU Tanakuṅ

  • Book Subtitle: An Old Javanese poem, its Indian source and Balinese illustrations

  • Authors: A. Teeuw, Th. P. Galestin, S. O. Robson, P. J. Worsley, P. J. Zoetmulder

  • Series Title: Bibliotheca Indonesica

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9429-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1969

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-8643-8Published: 01 January 1969

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-9429-7Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 338

  • Topics: Asian History

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