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'Kakawin Bhāratayuddha' is an Old Javanese poetical rendering of some books (''parva'') of the Mahabharata by Mpu Sedah and his brother Mpu Panuluh in Indian meters (''kāvya'' or ''Kakawin''). The commencement of this work was exactly November 6 1157. The year of the composition is given in a chronogram ''sanga-kuda-śuddha-candramā'' which gives the year 1079 Saka. This is the equivalent of 1157 AD.
It is about the great war between the Pāndavas and the Kauravas on the Kuru field.

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Manuscripts of Bhāratayuddha

Bibliography

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Manuscripts of Bhāratayuddha

With some hundred manuscripts that are listed in the catalogues of public libraries in various countries, Kakawin Bhāratayuddha is by far the most-often copied extant Old Javanese work.

Bibliography

★ J. G. H. Gunning, 1903, ''Bhârata-yuddha: Oudjavaansch Heldendicht''. ‘s Gravenhage:Martinus Nijhoff. (Text edition in Javanese characters).

★ S. Supomo, 1993, ''Bhâratayuddha'', New Delhi:International Academy of Indian Culture. ISBN 8185689431

★ P. J. Zoetmulder, 1974, ''Kalangwan. A Survey of Old Javanese Literature'', The Hague:Martinus Nijhoff. (Recension, pp. 256-262) ISBN 9024716748

See also

★ Kakawin Ramayana