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Siwaratrikalpa of Mpu Tanakun
Teeuw, Andries. Ed(S): Robson, S. O.; Galestin, Theodoor Paul
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Paperback. Editor(s): Robson, S. O.; Galestin, Theodoor Paul. Series: Bibliotheca Indonesica. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 575.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
Series
Bibliotheca Indonesica
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401186438
SKU
V9789401186438
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