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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0027 00002

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/520646

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Indramayu (Jawa Barat)

Name of collection:

Private collection of Tarka Sutarahardja

Right to Left?:

Yes

Current Status:

In situ

Subject matter:

Prayer and Divination

Copyist:

Ki Tarka Sutarahardja

Copying date in Gregorian:

2016

Place of copying:

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.

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Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

[Lontar Jawokan Dermayu]

Item 1 - Title in English script:

[Spells from Indramayu]

Item 1 - Author:

Anonymous

Item 1 - Language:

Javanese