Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath

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Javanese historical event historical oath political vow symbol of Indonesian unity

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Palapa oath	2
Gajah Mada oath of Palapa	1
Gajah Mada would not enjoy certain luxuries until Nusantara was unified	1
Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath canonical	1
Palapa Oath to conquer Nusantara	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Javanese historical event ⓘ historical oath ⓘ political vow ⓘ symbol of Indonesian unity ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	Indonesian territorial imagination ⓘ Indonesian nationalism ⓘ surface form: Nusantara unity
associatedWithDynasty	Rajasa dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch	Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi ⓘ surface form: Tribhuwanatunggadewi
associatedWithOffice	Mahapatih (prime minister) of Majapahit ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Gajah Mada ⓘ
associatedWithPolity	Majapahit Empire ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Indonesian archipelago ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
committedAbstentionFrom	palapa (interpreted as spices or pleasures) ⓘ worldly pleasures ⓘ
contentSummary	vow to abstain from worldly pleasures until Nusantara was unified under Majapahit rule ⓘ
culturalSignificance	foundational myth of Indonesian unity ⓘ important narrative in Javanese historiography ⓘ
declaredAt	Majapahit Empire ⓘ surface form: Majapahit royal court
declaredBeforeRuler	Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi ⓘ surface form: Queen Tribhuwanatunggadewi
declaredBy	Gajah Mada ⓘ
declaredIn	Majapahit Empire ⓘ
declaredInApproximateYear	c. 1334 ⓘ
declaredInCentury	14th century ⓘ
goal	subjugation of various polities in the archipelago ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath ⓘ surface form: Palapa oath Sumpah Palapa ⓘ
historicityStatus	partly legendary ⓘ
ideologicalTheme	ascetic self-restraint ⓘ loyalty to Majapahit ⓘ political unity ⓘ
influenced	modern Indonesian nationalism ⓘ
language	Kawi (Old Javanese) ⓘ surface form: Old Javanese
mentionsRegion	Indonesian archipelago ⓘ surface form: Nusantara
modernInterpretation	early articulation of a unified Indonesian space ⓘ
politicalSignificance	expression of imperial ambition ⓘ justification for Majapahit expansion ⓘ
purpose	expansion of Majapahit political control ⓘ unification of the Nusantara archipelago ⓘ
recordedIn	Pararaton chronicle ⓘ
referencedBy	Indonesian historians ⓘ
referencedIn	Indonesian school curricula ⓘ
sourceType	literary chronicle ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	Indonesian history ⓘ Southeast Asian studies ⓘ political history ⓘ
symbolizes	ideal of Indonesian national unity ⓘ
timePeriod	Majapahit Empire ⓘ surface form: Majapahit era

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Majapahit Empire → notableEvent → Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath ⓘ

Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath → hasAlternativeName → Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palapa oath

Gajah Mada → knownFor → Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palapa Oath to conquer Nusantara

Majapahit conquest campaigns in Nusantara → basedOnPolicy → Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath ⓘ

this entity surface form: Palapa oath

Palapa Oath → condition → Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gajah Mada would not enjoy certain luxuries until Nusantara was unified

Mahapatih Amangkubumi → associatedWith → Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gajah Mada oath of Palapa