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Desawarnana (Nagarakretagama)

Desawarnana (Nagarakretagama)

Mpu Prapanca

Author
Mpu Prapanca
Year
1365
Field
History

An Old Javanese kakawin by Mpu Prapanca, dated 1365, describing the realm, court and royal progresses of King Hayam Wuruk of Majapahit. It is a key source for pre-Islamic Javanese history. A palm-leaf manuscript was found in Lombok in 1894.

Sources

  1. Stuart Robson (trans.), Desawarnana (Nagarakrtagama) (1995)
  2. UNESCO Memory of the World Register (Nagarakretagama, inscribed 2013)