Mpu Monaguṇa's Sumanasāntaka an old Javanese epic poem, its Indian source and Balinese illustrations /
"Mpu Monaguṇa's early thirteenth century epic poem Sumanasāntaka is a vernacular rendering of Kālidāsa's story of Prince Aja and Princess Indumatī told in the Raghuvaṃśa. In it the poet exploits his source narrative to describe and comment on the Javanese world of his times. In Mpu Mo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Kawi |
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Leiden :
Brill,
2013.
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| Series: | Bibliotheca Indonesica / Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-Land- en Volkenkunde,
v. 36 |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| Summary: | "Mpu Monaguṇa's early thirteenth century epic poem Sumanasāntaka is a vernacular rendering of Kālidāsa's story of Prince Aja and Princess Indumatī told in the Raghuvaṃśa. In it the poet exploits his source narrative to describe and comment on the Javanese world of his times. In Mpu Monaguṇa's Sumanasāntaka the authors offer an edited text and translation of Mpu Monaguṇa's epic kakawin and extensive commentary on the editing of the manuscripts and history of the poem and its story, the relationship between the Old Javanese poem and Kālidāsa's Raghuvaṃśa, the way in which the poem imagines the lived environment of ancient Java in the early thirteenth century and Balinese painted representations of the story of Prince Aja and Princess Indumatī"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 714 p. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISSN: | 0067-8023 ; |