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Kakawin Bhāratayuddha is an Old Javanese poetical rendering of some books (parva) of the Mahabharata by Mpu Sedah and his brother Mpu Panuluh in Indian meters (kāvya or Kakawin).[1] The commencement of this work was exactly 6 November 1157 by Sedah, and finished by Panuluh.[2]: 168 The year of the composition is given in a chronogram sanga-kuda-śuddha-candramā which gives the year 1079 Saka. This is the equivalent of 1157 AD. Bhāratayuddha means "India's War" or "War of Bharat".[1]
It is about the great war between the Pāndavas and the Kauravas on the Kuru field.[3]
Manuscripts of Bhāratayuddha edit
With some hundred manuscripts that are listed in the catalogues of public libraries in various countries, Kakawin Bhāratayuddha is by far the most-often copied extant Old Javanese work.
References edit
- ^ a b "Kakawin Bharatayuddha, warisan indah di masa Jayabhaya". Monitor. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Cœdès, George (1968). The Indianized states of Southeast Asia. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824803681.
- ^ Ras, J. J. (2014). Masyarakat dan kesusastraan di Jawa (Cetakan pertama ed.). Jakarta. ISBN 978-9794618998.
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Further reading edit
- J. G. H. Gunning, 1903, Bhârata-yuddha: Oudjavaansch Heldendicht. ‘s-Gravenhage:Martinus Nijhoff. (Text edition in Javanese characters).
- S. Supomo, 1993, Bhâratayuddha, New Delhi:International Academy of Indian Culture. ISBN 81-85689-43-1
- P. J. Zoetmulder, 1974, Kalangwan. A Survey of Old Javanese Literature, The Hague:Martinus Nijhoff. (Recension, pp. 256–262) ISBN 90-247-1674-8
See also edit
- Arjunawiwaha
- Kakawin Hariwangsa
- Kakawin Ramayana
- Kakawin Sutasoma
- Nagarakretagama
- Pararaton
- Śiwarātrikalpa
- Smaradahana
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