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Assorted lists, notes and tales. The compilation appears arbitrary, but further research is required to identify the underlying themes connecting the diverse entries of this bundle.
This manuscript tells how the Mataram Sultanate came to be after the Pajang Sultanate fell apart. If focusses on wandering noblemen and thus belongs to the satria lelana genre. Raden Ardjosepoetro apparently copied it from an older manuscript in the early twentieth century. Given the emphasis on ...
A compilation of folklore stories and songs recorded by H.M.J. Prawirojuwono. Many of these stories feature the mouse deer eating a certain fruit or vegetable. The deer remains popular in Javanese folklore today, especially in tales told to children. The stories are straightforward--some discus...
The title of the manuscript refers to the Hindu concept of Adharma, which is the antonym of dharma. In other words, Adharma amounts to chaos and wickedness. The text apparently associates the adharma with the Dutch.
An historical account of the sieges of Batavia by Sultan Agung in 1629 and the subsequent hostilities between the Dutch East India Company and the Mataram Sultanate.