Threads of the unfolding web : the old Javanese Tantu Panggelaran / translated by Stuart Robson ; with commentary Hadi Sidomulyo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robson, Stuart, Author.

Contributor:

Robson, S. O. (Stuart O.), 1941- translator.

Bullough, Nigel, writer of commentary.

Standardized Title:

Tantu panggĕlaran. English

Language:

English

Kawi

Subjects (All):

Kawi literature--History and criticism.

Kawi literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 325 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Stuart Robson's expert English translation of the Tantu Panggelaran gives his readers ready access to this important work, which provides insight into how the author and his contemporary Javanese readers imagined the realities of the world in which they lived. We learn how they conceived the creation of this world and understood the relationship between the gods and men. Importantly, we learn also how they conceived a history of the foundation and spread of Bhairava Śivaite hermitages, shrines and temples. The work traces the history of this network from its origins in the vicinity of the Dieng plateau and the northern plains of Batang and Pekalongan to its subsequent expansion to the Tengger and Hyang Massifs of eastern Java. Hadi Sidomulyo's impressive commentary, an amalgam of textual analysis and the survey of archaeological sites, is a model for the way in which further research of this sort might be conducted and underlines the urgent need for further archaeological surveys and the future excavation of archaeological sites.-Professor Emeritus Peter Worsley, Indonesian Studies, University of Sydney

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Abbreviations

Preface

PART ONE

PART TWO

Appendix 1 Notes on names and titles occurring in the text

Appendix 2 Archaeological record for the Tengger Highlands and Hyang Plateau

Appendix 3 The Old Javanese text of the Tantu Panggĕlaran (Pigeaud 1924, pp. 57-128)

Bibliography

Lexicographical List

General Index

About the Authors

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2021).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789814951005

9814951005

OCLC:

1257324571