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- Record Id:
- 040-002042036
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002042030
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x000108
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181063874.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12278
- Title:
- Rāmāyana
- Scope & Content:
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Rāmāyana.
Annotated: 'Ramayana, according to the Javanese paraphrase, in the Kawi or ancient character. This MS was given to J. Crawfurd by the Rajah of Blilling [Buleleng], in the island of Bali'.
The text starts with canto 19:
Tatkālanyān inājñan sahana-hana nika ng rākṣasomətva ri ng prang,
tinyup ta ng sangka śangkyānya inatusātus koṭi lakṣa parārdhya,
śabdanyātyughra mapyak prakaṭa kadi gəlap sapta pātāla molah,
lyab ta ng rāt bhūr-bhuvah-svah kadi ta yá sivakāng aṇḍa koṇḍākya kāṇḍək.
(Identification and reading by Arlo Giffiths, 2023.)
In Old (or Middle) Javanese language and Balinese script.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Javanese manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002042030
040-002042036 - Is part of:
- Add MS 12273-12401 : Collection of Oriental Manuscripts purchased from John Crawford, Esq., author of the " History of the Indian…
Add MS 12278 : Rāmāyana - Hierarchy:
- 032-002042030[0006]/040-002042036
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12273-12401
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item; 27 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100181063874.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Old Javanese
- Scripts:
- Balinese
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1816
- Date Range:
- Early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 35 x 275 mm.
27 ff.; palm leaves, folded along the spine (of the type called embat-embatan); 4 lines of text per page; three holes (two and each end and one in the corner by the fold).
This MS is currently unstrung.
Covers: two finely carved wooden covers, with floral decorations around three holes (which do not correspond with the holes on the leaves).
- Custodial History:
- Given to John Crawfurd by the Raja of Buleleng, 1814
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from John Crawfurd, 1842
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs and P. Voorhoeve, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), p. 177.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)