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oapen-20.500.12657-346592021-11-09T09:04:31Z ARJUNAWIWĀHA Robson, Stuart oude literatuur indonesie manuscripts translation textual edition indonesia old literature kakawin tekst editie old javanese language oud javaanse taal jawa timur poetry poezie manuscripten vertaling Arjuna Asceticism Indra King of the Gods bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies The Arjunawiwāha is one of the best known of the Old Javanese classics. This volume presents a new text, based on Balinese manuscripts, with a complete translation, building on the work done by earlier writers. An introduction provides ample background information, as well as an original interpretation of the significance of the text, within its historical and cultural setting. This poem was written by Mpu Kanwa in around A.D. 1030 under King Airlangga, who ruled in East Java. It is Mpu Kanwa’s only known work, and is the second oldest example in the genre of kakawin. The poem is a narrative, but also contains passages of description, philosophical or religious teaching of great interest, as well as remarkable erotic scenes. Parts of the tale have been depicted on early temple reliefs and in paintings, and the text is still recited in Bali by literary clubs and in temple ceremonies. Stuart Robson, Associate Professor of Indonesian at Monash University from 1991 to 2001 and now retired, has been studying Old Javanese for more than forty years. He is interested in the problem of how to translate works of Old Javanese literature in such a way as to make these more accessible and better known to a wider audience of both scholars and general readers. 2011-04-11 00:00:00 2020-04-01T15:22:29Z 2020-04-01T15:22:29Z 2008 book 376975 OCN: 696489377 994595740 0067-8023 9789004253940 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34659 eng Bibliotheca Indonesica application/pdf n/a 376975.pdf http://www.brill.com/arjunawiwaha Brill 10.26530/OAPEN_376975 10.26530/OAPEN_376975 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 9789004253940 34 208 Leiden - Boston open access
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The Arjunawiwāha is one of the best known of the Old Javanese classics. This volume presents a new text, based on Balinese manuscripts, with a complete translation, building on the work done by earlier writers. An introduction provides ample background information, as well as an original interpretation of the significance of the text, within its historical and cultural setting. This poem was written by Mpu Kanwa in around A.D. 1030 under King Airlangga, who ruled in East Java. It is Mpu Kanwa’s only known work, and is the second oldest example in the genre of kakawin. The poem is a narrative, but also contains passages of description, philosophical or religious teaching of great interest, as well as remarkable erotic scenes. Parts of the tale have been depicted on early temple reliefs and in paintings, and the text is still recited in Bali by literary clubs and in temple ceremonies.
Stuart Robson, Associate Professor of Indonesian at Monash University from 1991 to 2001 and now retired, has been studying Old Javanese for more than forty years. He is interested in the problem of how to translate works of Old Javanese literature in such a way as to make these more accessible and better known to a wider audience of both scholars and general readers.
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