Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath
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Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath was a famous 14th-century vow by the Majapahit prime minister to not enjoy worldly pleasures until he had unified the entire Indonesian archipelago under Majapahit rule.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Javanese historical event
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historical oath → political vow → symbol of Indonesian unity → |
| associatedWithConcept |
Indonesian territorial imagination
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Nusantara unity → |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Rajasa dynasty
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| associatedWithMonarch |
Tribhuwanatunggadewi
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| associatedWithOffice |
Mahapatih (prime minister) of Majapahit
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| associatedWithPerson |
Gajah Mada
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| associatedWithPolity |
Majapahit Empire
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| associatedWithRegion |
Indonesian archipelago
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Southeast Asia → |
| committedAbstentionFrom |
palapa (interpreted as spices or pleasures)
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worldly pleasures → |
| contentSummary |
vow to abstain from worldly pleasures until Nusantara was unified under Majapahit rule
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| culturalSignificance |
foundational myth of Indonesian unity
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important narrative in Javanese historiography → |
| declaredAt |
Majapahit royal court
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| declaredBeforeRuler |
Queen Tribhuwanatunggadewi
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| declaredBy |
Gajah Mada
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| declaredIn |
Majapahit Empire
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| declaredInApproximateYear |
c. 1334
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| declaredInCentury |
14th century
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| goal |
subjugation of various polities in the archipelago
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| hasAlternativeName |
Palapa oath
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Sumpah Palapa → |
| historicityStatus |
partly legendary
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| ideologicalTheme |
ascetic self-restraint
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loyalty to Majapahit → political unity → |
| influenced |
modern Indonesian nationalism
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| language |
Old Javanese
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| mentionsRegion |
Nusantara
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| modernInterpretation |
early articulation of a unified Indonesian space
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| politicalSignificance |
expression of imperial ambition
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justification for Majapahit expansion → |
| purpose |
expansion of Majapahit political control
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unification of the Nusantara archipelago → |
| recordedIn |
Pararaton chronicle
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| referencedBy |
Indonesian historians
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| referencedIn |
Indonesian school curricula
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| sourceType |
literary chronicle
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| studiedInDiscipline |
Indonesian history
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Southeast Asian studies → political history → |
| symbolizes |
ideal of Indonesian national unity
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| timePeriod |
Majapahit era
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath
("Palapa oath")
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hasAlternativeName |
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Gajah Mada
("Palapa Oath to conquer Nusantara")
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knownFor |
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Majapahit Empire
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notableEvent |