The Loincloth, Trousers, and Horse-riders in Pre-Islamic Java: Notes on the Old Javanese Term Lañciṅan

The Loincloth, Trousers, and Horse-riders in Pre-Islamic Java: Notes on the Old Javanese Term Lañciṅan

The Old Javanese term lañcingan is analysed in detail. Considered by previous scholars to designate “trousers,” it is demonstrated that Old Javanese literary and epigraphical record does not preclude the possibility that in pre-Islamic Java lañcingan denoted an elaborate variety of loincloth, especi...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Jákl, Jiří
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منشور في: Archipel 2017
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_312 https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.312 urn:doi:10.4000/archipel.312 en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/312 2017-03-13T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a1vr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ The Loincloth, Trousers, and Horse-riders in Pre-Islamic Java: Notes on the Old Javanese Term Lañciṅan Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Jákl, Jiří The Old Javanese term lañcingan is analysed in detail. Considered by previous scholars to designate “trousers,” it is demonstrated that Old Javanese literary and epigraphical record does not preclude the possibility that in pre-Islamic Java lañcingan denoted an elaborate variety of loincloth, especially the loincloth used in the context of warfare. It is shown that only in the 14th century CE Javanese texts make a distinction between the loincloth (cavět) and trousers (lañcingan). Yet another term, gadag, denoting exclusively “trousers,” is attested in textual record first in the 14-15th centuries CE. In the second part of the article a hypothesis that the bifurcated lower garment has first been introduced in Java through cultural influences of Islam is questioned. An alternative hypothesis is offered that trousers, related to mounted warfare and increased mobility, were adopted earlier than claimed by previous scholars, already sometime between the 12th-14th centuries CE, as an element of Javanese (battle) dress. The introduction of trousers is seen as part of a complex process of the elaboration of horse-riding techniques and specialized equipment, such as improved saddles. Le mot vieux javanais lañcingan est analysé en détail. Considéré jusque là comme désignant le « pantalon », il est démontré que les sources littéraires et épigraphiques en vieux javanais n’excluent pas la possibilité que dans la Java pré-islamique, lañcingan faisait référence à une forme élaborée du pagne, en particulier le pagne utilisé dans un contexte guerrier. Il est montré que c’est seulement au XIVe siècle que les textes javanais distinguent le pagne (cavět) du pantalon (lañcingan). En fait, un autre mot, gadag, renvoyant exclusivement à « pantalon », est attesté dans les sources écrites des XIVe-XVe siècles. Dans la seconde partie de l’article, l’hypothèse selon laquelle le vêtement scindé aux cuisses ait été introduit à Java en relation avec des influences culturelles de l’Islam est mise en question. Une autre hypothèse est offerte, selon laquelle le pantalon, lié à la guerre à cheval et à une mobilité croissante, ait été adopté plus tôt qu’affirmé précédemment, déjà entre les XIIe et XIVe siècles, comme élément du costume (guerrier) javanais. L’introduction du pantalon est vue comme l’un des aspects du processus complexe d’élaboration des techniques de monte du cheval, telles que les selles améliorées.
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description The Old Javanese term lañcingan is analysed in detail. Considered by previous scholars to designate “trousers,” it is demonstrated that Old Javanese literary and epigraphical record does not preclude the possibility that in pre-Islamic Java lañcingan denoted an elaborate variety of loincloth, especially the loincloth used in the context of warfare. It is shown that only in the 14th century CE Javanese texts make a distinction between the loincloth (cavět) and trousers (lañcingan). Yet another term, gadag, denoting exclusively “trousers,” is attested in textual record first in the 14-15th centuries CE. In the second part of the article a hypothesis that the bifurcated lower garment has first been introduced in Java through cultural influences of Islam is questioned. An alternative hypothesis is offered that trousers, related to mounted warfare and increased mobility, were adopted earlier than claimed by previous scholars, already sometime between the 12th-14th centuries CE, as an element of Javanese (battle) dress. The introduction of trousers is seen as part of a complex process of the elaboration of horse-riding techniques and specialized equipment, such as improved saddles.
author Jákl, Jiří
spellingShingle Jákl, Jiří
The Loincloth, Trousers, and Horse-riders in Pre-Islamic Java: Notes on the Old Javanese Term Lañciṅan
author_facet Jákl, Jiří
author_sort Jákl, Jiří
title The Loincloth, Trousers, and Horse-riders in Pre-Islamic Java: Notes on the Old Javanese Term Lañciṅan
title_short The Loincloth, Trousers, and Horse-riders in Pre-Islamic Java: Notes on the Old Javanese Term Lañciṅan
title_full The Loincloth, Trousers, and Horse-riders in Pre-Islamic Java: Notes on the Old Javanese Term Lañciṅan
title_fullStr The Loincloth, Trousers, and Horse-riders in Pre-Islamic Java: Notes on the Old Javanese Term Lañciṅan
title_full_unstemmed The Loincloth, Trousers, and Horse-riders in Pre-Islamic Java: Notes on the Old Javanese Term Lañciṅan
title_sort loincloth, trousers, and horse-riders in pre-islamic java: notes on the old javanese term lañciṅan
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