Stuart Robson and Hadi Sidomulyo, Threads of the Unfolding Web: The Old Javanese Tantu Panggĕlaran. Translated by Stuart Robson with a Commentary by Hadi Sidomulyo. Singapore: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, 2021, ix + 325 pp., ISBN: 978-981-4881-99-9 (hard copy); 978-981-4951-00-5 (pdf)
The Tantu Paṅgәlaran is an Old Javanese prose literary work that “is not history, and also not fiction” (p. 3), which intends to transmit aspects of life and belief of, and for, the communities of Śaiva hermits inhabiting the network of religious institutions (maṇḍala) located in the mountains of a...
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| Publicado no: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Archipel
2021
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | The Tantu Paṅgәlaran is an Old Javanese prose literary work that “is not history, and also not fiction” (p. 3), which intends to transmit aspects of life and belief of, and for, the communities of Śaiva hermits inhabiting the network of religious institutions (maṇḍala) located in the mountains of ancient Java. The title of the text, poetically translated by Stuart Robson as “Threads of the unfolding web,” refers to such network (paṅgәlaran, lit. “that on which st. is spread out”) of institut... |
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