Publication Date
copy: 1818 A.D. (Šāka 1740)
Publication Place
Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage -
Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage
Subject
literature
Type
Other
Language
Javanese
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
20
Physical Dimensions
57-59 x 4 cm
Library
Qalamos
Library Asset ID
Schoemann I 4
Record ID
DE1Book_manuscript_00007716
Library Location
Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage
Date
copy: 1818 A.D. (Šāka 1740)
Notes
without boards — The writing is not very good. Perhaps two or more scribes have been at work on the
manuscript. Their names are not mentioned. The orthography is unscholarly. It seems possible that parts of the ms. were re-written on new palmleaves at some
time, because the original leaves could serve no more, being too much damaged by wear
and tear. In the course of this process of renovation the number of the leaves might
be lessened by one. — palm leaf — The idiom of the Tatwa is Javano-Balinese mixed with many vernacular Balinese words
and expressions. Tatwa Utara Kanda, Javano-Balinese prose summary of Old Javanese Uttara Kānda, which
is a prose epitome of Sanskrit Uttara Khānda, the last, seventh book of Vālmīki’s
Rāmāyana. The Tatwa contains i. a. tales about Dasa Muka’s (Rāwana’s) youth and his
family, Bisana (Wibhīsana) and sister Surupanaka (Šūrpanakhā). Neither the name of
the author nor the time when he lived are known. On account of the idiom it seems
plausible that the text was written in the 18th century. At that time the Balinese
vernacular began to come to the foreground once more after a period of several centuries
when it was completely superseded in literature by Javanese. The style of the narrator is homely, sometimes dreary. Some names of persons and localities
are simplified for the convenience of an unsophisticated audience (cf. Rāmāyana Sasak,
Schoem. I 3).
Sample Text
// iti caritṭa, kojaranya hutara kanḍa, carita kanḍa opponent ja ... , mara saṅ rama
..., rawuh ... ayodyapura, daḷĕmpura, matur saŋ ramadewa ri ... /
Sınıf numarası
Schoemann I 4
Koleksiyon
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Editör
Datenübernahme SBB/th
Lisans
CC0 1.0
Düzenleme durumu
First input complete
Katalog
VOHD 31, 2, Titik/Hanstein (Seite 459 - 460)
