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Bujangga Manik: Or, Java in the Fifteenth Century

By (author) Alexander Joseph West

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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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Publisher | Brill
Published date | 12 Jun 2025
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 368
Dimensions | 235 x 155 x 29mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 739g
ISBN | 978-9-0046-7809-5
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BISAC | literary criticism / poetry


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