Tantular informs us clearly about this on page 5 in canto 1 verse 4:įirstly, I need to say that the story I wrote derives from a story of Buddha’s life. 537) which is based on a story of the life of the Buddha. The Kakawin Sutasoma is also known under the title Puruṣ āḍ aśanta or The Conquest of King Puruṣ ā (see strophe 148, verse 1, p. Readers who understand Old Javanese can check directly whether the translation is correct or not, because the transliterated text and the translation are published on facing pages. As the base for their translation, they used the transliteration of the Kakawin Sutasomo Soewito Santoso published in 1975. However, nowadays, a more extensive readership has access to the contents of the text thanks to Dwi Woro Retno Mastuti and Hastho Bramantyo’s hard work as, together, they translated Tantular’s poem into Indonesian. So far, only few people have read this literary masterpiece because it is originally written in the Old-Javanese language. The Old Javanese Kakawin Sutasoma was written by Mpu Tantular in the late fourteenth century during the heydays of the Majapahit Empire.
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