Alcohol in Early Java

Jiří Jákl, Ph.D. (2014), University of Queensland, is a researcher based at the Institute of Anthropology, Heidelberg University. He has published widely on the Javanese social and cultural history before 1500 C.E.

• ContentsPrefaceList of FiguresIntroduction1 Old and Middle Javanese Textual Sources: What Can Be Known?part 1: Drinking Landscape in Ancient JavaIntroduction to Part 11 Twak: Production and Types of Palm Wine1 Tapping2 Production3 Waragaṅ4 Baḍyag5 Buḍur6 Sajəṅ7 Sayub2 Beers and Lalasti Inebriating Snacks3 Fruit Wines and Sugar Cane Wine1 Sugar Cane Wine and ‘Rums’ in Pre-Islamic Java2 Māstawa and Sīdhu: Rums in Pre-Islamic Java?4 Drākṣa: Imported Grape Wine or Chinese Rice Beer?5 Tuber Beer and Intoxicating Mushroom Brews6 Distilled Beverages1 Arrack below the Winds2 Tampo, pǝṭar, and paṅasih: Alternative Terms for Distilled Drinks7 Cups That Cheered: Drinking Paraphernalia1 Drinking Vessels from Natural Materials2 Pottery Vessels: Earthenware, Stoneware and Porcelain3 Glass Cups and Vessels from Silver and Gold8 Drinking Comportmentpart 2: Alcohol, Hospitality, and Identity in Java before 1500 CEIntroduction to Part 29 Drinking Ascetics and the Status of Alcohol before 1500 CE10 Palm Wine for Sale: Ambulant Vendors and Market Stalls11 Alcohol, Intoxication, and the Court Society12 Alcohol in Marriage Festivities and Conjugal Rituals13 Alcohol and Its Importance in Javanese Warfare14 Ancestor Worship, Alcohol, and sīma Ceremonies15 Alcohol in Javanese Bhairavism and Its Use among the Buddhists1 Javanese Tantric Systems and Alcohol2 Alcohol and Its Use and Significance among the Buddhists and Siddha Alchemists16 Inebriated Men and Intoxicated rākṣasas: Drunkenness17 Habitual Drinkers: Alcoholism in Pre-Islamic Java?18 Islamization and Alcohol after 1500 CEConclusionFiguresBibliographyIndex