Kakawin Hariwangsa

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Kakawin Hariwangsa is an Old Javanese epic poem from the Kediri period that retells episodes from the Mahabharata within a classical Javanese literary and cultural framework.

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Hariwangsa (Sanskrit) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Javanese literature work
Old Javanese kakawin
epic poem
adaptationApproach localization into Javanese cultural framework
associatedEpicCycle Mahabharata
surface form: Mahabharata cycle
associatedPerformanceTradition Wayang
surface form: wayang (Javanese shadow theatre)
basedOn Mahabharata
countryOfOrigin Java
culturalRole integration of Indian epic material into Javanese worldview
vehicle for transmission of Hindu epics in Java
culture Javanese
function didactic literature
religious-literary text
genre Hindu epic adaptation
epic poetry
historicalContext Kediri Kingdom
intertextualRelation Javanese adaptations of the Mahabharata
language Old Javanese
literaryCulture court literature
literaryForm kakawin
literaryInfluence later Javanese wayang narratives
literaryTradition classical Javanese literature
mainSourceText Kakawin Hariwangsa self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hariwangsa (Sanskrit)
meterSystem Indian-derived kakawin metres
mythologicalFramework Hindu cosmology
narrativeMode third-person narrative
narrativeUniverse Mahabharata
surface form: Pandava–Kaurava story world
period Kediri period
poeticTechnique ornate courtly style
preservation manuscript tradition
primaryTheme episodes from the Mahabharata
region East Java
relatedWork Kakawin Arjunawiwaha
Kakawin Bharatayuddha
religiousContext Hinduism
religiousTradition Shaivite-Brahmanical Hinduism in Java
scriptOriginallyWrittenIn Javanese script
surface form: Old Javanese script
setting mythological India
studiedInDiscipline Hindu epic studies
Indonesian literary studies
Old Javanese philology
titleInLatinScript Kakawin Hariwangsa self-link
typeOfAdaptation Sanskrit-to-Old-Javanese literary adaptation

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Kediri Kingdom associatedWork Kakawin Hariwangsa
Kakawin Hariwangsa mainSourceText Kakawin Hariwangsa self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hariwangsa (Sanskrit)
Kakawin Hariwangsa titleInLatinScript Kakawin Hariwangsa self-link