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Add MS 11546
- Record Id:
- 032-002109319
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109319
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000040.0x000301
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 11546
- Title:
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Pustaha
- Scope & Content:
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Pustaha. The subject of the text is tondung Naboru Alas Naboru Haluwat. This is probably some kind of panampuhi (lemon oracle). This method of divination is said to have originated with ‘our grandfather the striped tiger on the other side of the ocean’. Exactly the same words are used in the description of panampuhi Naboru Alas by van der Tuuk's teacher Guru Tinandangan of Naipospos, in Leiden Or. 3402, p. 140; he says that the only difference between this and other lemon oracles is the number of slices cut from the lemon, which in panampuhi Naboru Alas is seven. According to Add. 11546, the first human teacher of this divination came ‘from the country of Simalungun in days gone by, from lower Angkola'. It came via Silindung to Guru Tinomu Ni Aji of the clan Lubis in Aehimbo; it was written for him by Guru So Torsungsang Ni Aji in Dolok Simaninggir. On pp. b 17-18 is another short text entitled poda ni tano sanjongkaly to predict the place where the enemy can be killed. A facsimile of this MS among the papers of H. C. Millies is now Leiden Or. 5005a. An abstract by M. T. Mostert-Silitonga is in Leiden Or. 12322, ff. 498-500.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109319
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002109319
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Batak
- Scripts:
- Batak
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th century-early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Sumatra
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 105 x 90 mm.
32 leaves.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased of Cureton, 1839.
- Publications:
- M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 9.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)