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Author Kanwa, Empu, active 11th century.

Uniform Title Arjunawiwha. English & Kawi
Title Arjunawiwha : the marriage of Arjuna of Mpu Kawa / edited and translated with an introduction by Stuart Robson.

Imprint Leiden : KITLV Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (208 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Bibliotheca Indonesica ; 34
Bibliotheca Indonesica ; 34.
Language Introduction and notes in English; poem presented in transliterated Old Javanese with parallel English translation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index.
Contents Arjunawiwha text and translation -- Variant readings -- Comments -- List of personal names -- List of metres -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary The Arjunawiwha 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.
Subject Kanwa, Empu, active 11th century -- Criticism and interpretation.
Kanwa, Empu, active 11th century https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkTddDxfYkft97Gxh8DMP
Mpu Kawa. Ardjunawiwha.
Literature and literary studies.
FICTION -- General.
Indexed Term Language studies (2003)
Genre/Form Collection. HERDC 2001-2007.
Collection. Monash University Research Publications.
poetry.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Poetry.
Poésie.
Added Author Robson, S. O. (Stuart O.), 1941-
Other Form: Print version: Kanwa, Empu, 11th cent. Arjunawiwha. English & Kawi. Arjunawiwha. Leiden : KITLV Press, 2008 9789067183215 (DLC) 2008459945 (OCoLC)236111834
ISBN 9789004253940 (electronic bk.)
9004253947 (electronic bk.)
9789004253940
9004253947
9789067183215
9067183210
Standard No. monash:29756
LM1 monash:29756 http://oai.lib.monash.edu.au/oaiprovider/ active DGCNT
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