Palapa Oath

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The Palapa Oath is a famous 14th-century vow by Majapahit prime minister Gajah Mada to unify the entire Indonesian archipelago under Majapahit rule before he would partake in certain luxuries.

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Label Occurrences
Palapa Oath canonical 1
Palapa oath expansion program 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Javanese literature work
Majapahit-era text
historical oath
political vow
approximateDate c. 1334
associatedDynasty Rajasa dynasty
associatedRuler King of Majapahit
surface form: King Hayam Wuruk of Majapahit
associatedWithPolity Majapahit Empire
surface form: Majapahit
associatedWithRegion Indonesian archipelago
Nusantara
condition Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath
surface form: Gajah Mada would not enjoy certain luxuries until Nusantara was unified
countryOfCulturalOrigin Indonesia
culturalSignificance symbol of Indonesian unity
symbol of Majapahit imperial ambition
genre court chronicle passage
hasImpactOn Indonesian historiography of Majapahit
state narrative of Indonesia as Majapahit successor
hasInterpretation vow to abstain from enjoying spices and pleasures until conquest was complete
hasKeyFigure Gajah Mada
Hayam Wuruk
hasOriginalName Sumpah Palapa
hasRoleOfSpeaker mahapatih (prime minister)
hasTheme ascetic self-restraint for political goals
imperial expansion
loyalty to the king
historicalStatus subject of scholarly debate regarding accuracy
influenced modern Indonesian nationalism
inspiredName PALAPA B1 communications satellite
surface form: Palapa communications satellite series
language Kawi (Old Javanese)
surface form: Old Javanese
madeBy Gajah Mada
mentionsConcept palapa (symbolic of worldly pleasures or spices)
modernUsage invoked in speeches about Indonesian territorial integrity
used as a symbol in Indonesian government and corporate names
placeOfOrigin Java
politicalGoal unification of Nusantara under Majapahit rule
preservationStatus known only through later manuscripts
recordedIn Kidung Sunda
Pararaton
referencedBy Indonesian historians
Indonesian school curricula
relatedConcept Nusantara concept of territorial unity
relatedEvent Majapahit expansion in the 14th century
relatedTo concept of Indonesian archipelagic unity
formation of a proto-Indonesian identity
spokenBy Gajah Mada
timePeriod 14th century

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Gajah Mada notableEvent Palapa Oath
Majapahit royal ideology supportsPolicy Palapa Oath
this entity surface form: Palapa oath expansion program