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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:
Prayers, Divination, Mantras
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.

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
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