Kidung Pañji Margasmara

Stuart Robson (1941 - ) has a PhD from Leiden University (1971), and is now an Adjunct Professor in Indonesian Studies at Monash University, Melbourne. He has translated a large number of Javanese texts, including the Old Javanese Rāmāyaṇa (2015), which was awarded the A.L. Becker Southeast Asian Literature in Translation Prize in 2019.Hadi Sidomulyo (1951 - ) has been actively engaged in Indonesian studies for more than half a century, with a special interest in historical topography. He served as a field consultant to the Indonesian Department of Culture and Tourism between 1986 and 1994. Recent publications include Notes on the topography of ancient Java and Threads of the Unfolding Web; the Old Javanese Tantu Panggĕlaran.

• PrefaceIllustrationsAbbreviationsPart 1: Text and Translation By Stuart RobsonIntroductionBackgroundDatingSourcesMetre and MusicThe Literary ContextOn Gardens, Parks and Other ArchitectureLanguage and TranslationCostumeKidung Pañji Margasmara, Dramatis PersonaeText and TranslationTextual NotesVariant ReadingsLexicographical ListBibliographyPART 2: Notes on History and Topography By Hadi SidomulyoIntroductionTopographical NotesHistorical Aspects and General ConclusionsAppendix 1: A Note on the Fifteenth Century Kadipaten of SinghasariAppendix 2: Kidung Pañji Margasmara – Chronological TableAppendix 3: List of Toponyms Occurring in the KPMBibliographyPlatesIndex

“The present publication is a valuable addition to the literature on fifteenth century Java. The authors have given us another important literary work from the pen of a Javanese author, one which provides us with an insight into Java’s literary history in the fifteenth century. They have also given us a publication which tells much about the mores of fifteenth century Javanese courtiers and their households together with a valuable topographical description of significant areas of eastern Java in the fifteenth century.” - Peter Worsley, University of Sydney, in Wacana, vol. 24, no. 3, 2023, p. 597.