Private Collection of I Made Kajeng Waras Himawan Suweca
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
in situ
Subject matter:
Literature
Copying date in native date:
1839 Saka
Copying date in Gregorian:
1917
Script:
Balinese
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript paper dimension:
3 x 51.8 cm
Text block dimension:
2.5 x 46 cm
Number of pages:
294 pages
Number of blank pages:
4 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text is a poem (kakawin) in Old Javanese in Sanskrit and Sanskrit-inspired poetic meters about the war of the Bharatas.
Colophon:
Puput dinrat dera guru wangsa, ajajuluk I Mrem Masuara. Dina nrat, su, pwa, julungwangi, sasih, ka, 9, pang, ping, 1, rah, 9, teng, 3, Isaka, warsa yusaning loka, 1839. Kang anyurat arti puniki, mapungkusan I Made Kajeng Jodog.
Other notes:
The entire Old Javanese text is surrounded by Balinese explanatory glosses. The pagination is in disorder and probably the leaves were not put together in the proper way as many page numbers are on the recto sides and others on the verso sides.