Kakawin Bhāratayuddha

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Kakawin Bhāratayuddha is an Old Javanese poetical rendering of some books (parva) of the Mahabharata by Mpu Sedah and his brother Mpu Panuluh in Indian meters (kāvya or Kakawin).^[1] The commencement of this work was exactly 6 November 1157 by Sedah, and finished by Panuluh.^[2]: 168 The year of the composition is given in a chronogram sanga-kuda-śuddha-candramā which gives the year 1079 Saka. This is the equivalent of 1157 AD. Bhāratayuddha means "India's War" or "War of Bharat".^[1]

It is about the great war between the Pāndavas and the Kauravas on the Kuru field.^[3]

Manuscripts of Bhāratayuddha

With some hundred manuscripts that are listed in the catalogues of public libraries in various countries, Kakawin Bhāratayuddha is by far the most-often copied extant Old Javanese work.

References

Further reading

• J. G. H. Gunning, 1903, Bhârata-yuddha: Oudjavaansch Heldendicht. ‘s-Gravenhage:Martinus Nijhoff. (Text edition in Javanese characters).
• S. Supomo, 1993, Bhâratayuddha, New Delhi:International Academy of Indian Culture. ISBN 81-85689-43-1
• P. J. Zoetmulder, 1974, Kalangwan. A Survey of Old Javanese Literature, The Hague:Martinus Nijhoff. (Recension, pp. 256–262) ISBN 90-247-1674-8

See also

• Arjunawiwaha
• Kakawin Hariwangsa
• Kakawin Ramayana
• Kakawin Sutasoma
• Nagarakretagama
• Pararaton
• Śiwarātrikalpa
• Smaradahana

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