Kakawin Arjunawiwaha

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Kakawin Arjunawiwaha is an Old Javanese epic poem, adapted from the Mahabharata, that celebrates the hero Arjuna’s spiritual trials and triumphs and is considered one of the masterpieces of classical Javanese literature.

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instanceOf Old Javanese kakawin
epic poem
literary work
associatedWith East Javanese period
Hindu-Buddhist Java
basedOn Mahabharata
circulation courtly milieu
countryOfOrigin Java
culture Javanese
genre kakawin
hasCharacter Indra
apsaras
gandharvas
influenced Javanese court literature
Wayang
surface form: wayang (Javanese shadow theatre)
intertextualWith Mahabharata
surface form: Sanskrit Mahabharata tradition
language Kawi (Old Javanese)
surface form: Old Javanese
literaryForm narrative poem
literaryStatus masterpiece of classical Javanese literature
literaryTradition classical Javanese literature
mainCharacter Arjuna
metricForm Indian-derived metres
notableFor celebration of Arjuna’s triumphs
depiction of Arjuna’s spiritual trials
influence on later Javanese literature
refined poetic style
period early 11th century
preservation palm-leaf manuscripts
religiousContext Hinduism
script Javanese script
setting Svarga
surface form: Indra’s heaven

hermitage in the forest
studiedIn Indology
Javanese philology
subjectMatter Arjuna’s meditation and tapas
battle against demons
reward of celestial weapons
theme asceticism
dharma
divine favor
kingship and heroism
spiritual discipline
temptation and self-control

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Kakawin Hariwangsa relatedWork Kakawin Arjunawiwaha
Kakawin Gatotkacasraya partOf Kakawin Arjunawiwaha
this entity surface form: Javanese Mahabharata corpus
Kakawin Gatotkacasraya relatedWork Kakawin Arjunawiwaha
Mpu Tantular notableWork Kakawin Arjunawiwaha
this entity surface form: Kakawin Arjunawijaya