Java in the 14th Century: A Study in Cultural History (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde)

Front Matter....Pages I-XI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction, the Royal Family of Majapahit about 1350 A.D.....Pages 3-10 Majapahit, the Capital, about 1350 A.D.....Pages 11-28 Tributaries and Neighbours of Majapahit....Pages 29-39 The Royal Progress of 1359, from Majapahit through the eastern districts of Java, and back to Singasari....Pages 40-116 Notes on the Kings of the House of Rājasa, from 1182 till 1343, and on their religious domains....Pages 117-144 The Royal Chase in the Neighbourhood of Singasari....Pages 145-149 The Return from the Royal Progress of 1359, from Singasari to Majapahit....Pages 150-160 The Royal Progresses of 1360 and 1361, to Tirib, Sömpur and Blitar....Pages 161-168 The Posthumous Ceremony in Honour of the Rājapatni in 1362, in 1362, her shrines and her cult....Pages 169-211 The Royal Progress of 1363 from Majapahit to Simping and back....Pages 212-213 Gajah Mada’s Death in 1364. The New Officials....Pages 214-218 List of Domains belonging to the Royal Family and to religious communities....Pages 219-250 Organization of the Clergy and Royal Authority....Pages 251-266 The Annual Court Festival in Majapahit....Pages 267-330 Conclusion....Pages 331-343 The Nāgara-Kertāgama Colophons....Pages 344-348 Front Matter....Pages 349-349 Nawanatya....Pages 351-359 Rājapatiguṇḍala....Pages 360-367 Purwādigama....Pages 368-369 Praniti Raja Kapa-Kapa....Pages 370-378 Front Matter....Pages 379-379 Sarwadharma Charter 1269 A.D.....Pages 381-390 Decree Jaya Song about 1350 A.D.....Pages 391-398 Ferry Charter 1358 A.D.....Pages 399-411 Charter of Batur....Pages 412-415 Charters of Biluluk. 1366, 1391, 1395 A.D.....Pages 416-432 Charter of Rĕnĕk 1379 A.D.....Pages 433-442 Charter of Walaṇḍit 1381–1405 A.D.....Pages 443-444 Charter of Patapan 1385 A.D.....Pages 445-448 Charter of Karang Bogĕm 1387 A.D.....Pages 449-454 Charter of Katiḍen 1395 A.D.....Pages 455-457 Charters of Shela Maṇḍi 1394, 1395, 1396 A.D.....Pages 458-464 Front Matter....Pages 465-465 Social order in 14th Century Majapahit....Pages 467-478 Religious Belief and Ecclesiastical Organization in 14th Century Majapahit....Pages 479-493 Economy and Commerce in 14th Century Majapahit....Pages 494-504 Material Culture in 14th Century Majapahit....Pages 505-511 Art, Language and Literature in 14th Century Majapahit....Pages 512-515 Plays and games in 14th century Majapahit....Pages 516-520 Political Order in the 14th Century Majapahit Realm....Pages 521-527 The Royal Court in the 14th Century Majapahit Realm....Pages 528-536 The Royal Family in the 14th Century Majapahit Realm....Pages 537-546 Front Matter....Pages 465-465 The Nāgara-Kĕrtāgama and its Poet at the 14th Century Majapahit Court....Pages 547-552 Essentially the following commentary on the contents of the Nägara-Kertägama has been made up from notes by former editors of the text together with remarks, criticisms and digressions by the present author. As Kern, Krom and their contemporaries were especially interested in dynastie history and archeology their notes on those subjects are legion, and as a result of their studies on many points a communis opinio has been reached. The argumentations which led up to this end are not reproduced in the present edition. The interested reader is referred to Krom's great books: Oud-Javaansche Kunst and Hindoe-Javaansche Geschiedenis. It is to be expected that before long the results of Krom's life-work will be made accessible for English readers by De Casparis. On the other hand cultural history, religion, economics and sociology have been rather neglected by the first editors of the Nägara-Kertä gama. The present author has done his best to remedy that omission. The reader will find that the greater part of the following commen taries is concerned with those subjects. The contemporaneous minor texts and the charters that are published, translated and annotated in the present book in the same manner as the Nägara-Kertägama have been chosen almost exc1usively for the valuable information on social, economic and religious conditions in the 14th century Majapahit realm that is afforded by them