Mpu Monaguṇa's Sumanasāntaka: An Old Javanese Epic Poem, Its Indian Source and Balinese Illustrations

by Margaret Fletchert, Thomas H. Hunter, Monaguna, et al.

Mpu Monaguṇa's early thirteenth century epic poem Sumanasāntaka is a vernacular rendering of Kālidāsa's story of Prince Aja and Princess Indumatī told in the Raghuvaṃśa. In it the poet exploits his source narrative to describe and comment on the Javanese world of his times.
In Mpu Monaguṇa's Sumanasāntaka the authors offer an edited text and translation of Mpu Monaguṇa's epic kakawin...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004252037
• ISBN13: 9789004252035
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 732 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"