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Bujangga Manik: Or, Java in the Fifteenth Century

Bujangga Manik: Or, Java in the Fifteenth Century

West, Alexander Joseph

Hardcover

Series: Bibliotheca Indonesica, Book 39

Literary CriticismPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 9004678093
ISBN13: 9789004678095
Publisher: Brill
Published: Jun 12 2025
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.53
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Bujangga Manik is a narrative poem in Old Sundanese which opens a window onto the world of late-15th-century maritime Southeast Asia. The poem describes the spiritual development of a young man from Pakañcilan, in what is now West Java, as he walks and sails across and around Java and Bali, culminating with his death in a mountainside hermitage and ascension to heaven. This volume is an exemplary edition of Bujangga Manik, complete with a revised transliteration; a new English translation; detailed descriptions of the manuscript, script, and language; and an extensive commentary on the poem's contents, from its setting and characters to its descriptions of ocean-going ships, houses, furniture, perfumes, and much else.

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