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MSS Jav 53 o

Record Id:

032-004311679

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-004311679

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100158968678.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100191630933.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MSS Jav 53 o

Title:

Rasayajna

Scope & Content:

Two texts: Rasayajna, and Darma Kamulaning Dadi

a) Rasayajna, dated AJ 1550 (AD 1628).

The colophon is dated with a chronogram:

Ø Ø iti rasayajnān• bwat Śiwā / jnāna Ø Iśaka 'nora buttha maṙgganiṅ woṅ', dina, saptawara, wṛs[pa]ti, pañcawara, kaliwon, wukiṙ, wukunya, rasayajṇā prantusakna de saṅ śudyamaca, muha saṅ makeken•, lwi lwangana, kiraṅ wĕhana//

'Ø Ø thus Rasayajna bwat (berat?) Śiwa / jnana. In the Śaka year, 'not of monsters is the path of humans' (‘bukan raksasa jalannya manusia’, equivalent to 1550 Ś/ 1628 AD) on Thursday in the seven day week, on Kaliwon in the five day week, in the wuku Wukir, Rasa[ya]jna, for the understanding of those you may read it, and for those who request it, where it is overlong please reduce it, and where it is too short please extend it'.

b) Darma Kamulaning Dadi

Colophon:

Iti ḍaṙmma kamulaniṅ dadi magĕḥhanī tumuwuḥ yen aṛm• wruḥha hayo wera tmĕn•//o//

'Thus Darma Kamulaning Dadi provides instruction to living creatures, who in silence will understand, and never let (the secrets) leak out'.

[Readings by Agung Kriswanto, 15.8.2023]

In Javanese, in buda or gunung script; in two different hands.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Javanese manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-004311679

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-004311679

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item; 27 folios

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Javanese

Scripts:

Javanese

Start Date:

1628

End Date:

1628

Date Range:

1628

Era:

Place of Origin:

Java

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 35 x 415 mm.

27 ff.; palm leaves (lontar). 4 lines of text per page. Three holes at ends and middle.

Many leaves badly damaged, with some recent repairs.

Covers: two wooden boards, blackened on outside, with one hole in the middle; the end board is fragile and badly damaged.

This MS is currently unstrung, and the leaves may be out of order.

Custodial History:

Acquired in Java by Col. Colin Mackenzie between 1811-1813.

Source of Acquisition:

Mackenzie collection, 1823.

Publications:

M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 66.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)