Sanggar Aksara Jawa Kidang Pananjung Cikedung-Indramayu
Script:
Javanese
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript paper dimension:
22.5 x 3 cm
Text block dimension:
18.5 x 2.5 cm
Number of pages:
96 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
Mantra contain strong inner and outer
strength for those who use them.
However, in modern times they have
almost disappeared because their
practitioners have died. Nevertheless,
they can be retraced as they were
recorded in old manuscripts. Mantras
are now being discarded but we have to
study the language of these old mantras
because they reflect the culture from
the past.
Colophon:
Lontar jawokan dermayu kahimpun
dening sanggar aksara jawa kidang
pananjung indramayu.
Other notes:
The copyist’s intention to copy the
manuscript was to preserve old
vocabulary and ways of expression that
are now little known by younger
generations.