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DREAMSEA Project No.:
DS 0125 00034
Institution:
HMML; DREAMSEA
Surrogate Format:
Digital
IIIF Manifest:
https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/871267
Country:
Indonesia
City (Province):
Gianyar
Name of collection:
Private Collection of I Wayan Wandra
Right to Left?:
No
Current Status:
In situ
Sponsor:
Anonymous
Subject matter:
Supernatural power
Copyist:
Anonymous
Script:
Balinese
Writing support:
Palm-leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript cover dimension:
41.7 x 3.1 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
41.8 x 3.2 cm
Text block dimension:
36.4 x 3.1 cm
Number of pages:
122 pages
Number of blank pages:
7 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The text deals with neutralization called pamatuh. Pamatuh taranjana consists of pamatuh bhuta, kala, sarwa aeng, and pamali. The ingredients to be used consist of well water, Frangipani flowers, waribang flowers, yellow cooked rice and various kinds of incense. The water is placed in a bowl made of the husk of a black coconut and the water is sprinkled all over the house yard in an anticlockwise way. The text also contains traditional medicine, for instance to cure hematuria, and spitting up blood. It also contains charms called piwelas tastra.

Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ᬧᬫᬢᬸᬄᬢ᭄ᬭᬜ᭄ᬚᬦ᭟
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Pamatuh Taranjana
Item 1 - Title in English script:
Pamatuh Taranjana
Item 1 - Author:
Anonymous
Item 1 - Language:
Kawi (mixture of Balinese and Old Javanese)
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