Kakawin Bharatayuddha

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Kakawin Bharatayuddha is a 12th-century Old Javanese epic poem that adapts the Mahabharata’s great war into Javanese literary and cultural tradition.

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Kakawin Bharatayuddha canonical 2

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instanceOf Old Javanese kakawin ⓘ
epic poem ⓘ
literary adaptation of the Mahabharata ⓘ
author Mpu Panuluh ⓘ
Mpu Sedah ⓘ
basedOn Kurukshetra War narrative ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
century 12th century ⓘ
commissionedBy King Jayabhaya of Kadiri ⓘ
linked to: Raja of Kadiri
completionBy Mpu Panuluh ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Java ⓘ
culture Javanese culture ⓘ
dateWritten 1157 ⓘ
featuresCharacter Arjuna ⓘ
Bhima ⓘ
Duryodhana ⓘ
Kaurava ⓘ
linked to: Kauravas

Krishna ⓘ
Pandava ⓘ
Yudhishthira ⓘ
genre Hindu epic literature ⓘ
court poetry ⓘ
historicalSignificance key text in localization of Indian epics in Java ⓘ
one of the earliest dated works of Old Javanese literature ⓘ
influenceOn Balinese literary tradition ⓘ
Javanese court literature ⓘ
wayang kulit performances ⓘ
language Old Javanese ⓘ
literaryForm kakawin metre ⓘ
literaryTradition Indonesian Hindu-Buddhist literature ⓘ
Old Javanese literature ⓘ
metreTradition Sanskrit-derived metres ⓘ
narrativeFocus Bharata war between Pandava and Kaurava ⓘ
patron Jayabhaya ⓘ
linked to: Kertanagara
placeOfComposition East Java ⓘ
Kadiri kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Medang Kingdom
preservedIn Balinese palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
religiousContext Hinduism ⓘ
script Kawi script ⓘ
Old Javanese script ⓘ
linked to: Javanese script
studiedInField Indology ⓘ
Javanese philology ⓘ
comparative epic literature ⓘ
theme cosmic order and war ⓘ
dharma and kingship ⓘ
heroism and fate ⓘ
title Bharatayuddha ⓘ

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Kakawin Hariwangsa → relatedWork → Kakawin Bharatayuddha ⓘ
Kakawin Gatotkacasraya → relatedWork → Kakawin Bharatayuddha ⓘ