Kuñjarakarṇa dharmakathana : liberation through the law of the Buddha : an Old Javanese poem

Author(s)

• Ḍusun, Mpu
• Teeuw, A.
• Robson, S. O.
• Bernet Kempers, August Johan

Bibliographic Information

Kuñjarakarṇa dharmakathana : liberation through the law of the Buddha : an Old Javanese poem

by Mpu Ḍusun ; edited and translated by A. Teeuw and S.O. Robson ; with a contribution on the reliefs of Caṇḍi Jago by A.J. Bernet Kempers

（Bibliotheca Indonesica / Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 21）

Martinus Nijhoff, 1981

• : pbk

Note

English and Kawi (Roman)

Bibliography: p. [219]-222

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a poetical version, a kakawin, of the Kunjarakarna. Teeuw and Robson introduce the story of Kunjarakarna in Java and Bali. They discuss the kakawin as a specimen of Javanese religious literature by focusing on the content of the teachings, the pantheon and the doctrine. This is followed by the text, apparatus criticus and translation. The volume includes 40 plates.

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Details

• NCID: BA07098062
• ISBN:
  • 9024761719
• LCCN: 82149574
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engmap
• Place of Publication: The Hague
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 230 p., [24] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PL5158.9.K8
  • DC19 : 899/.2221
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Kawi literature -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Candi Jago (Java, Indonesia)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0121075X