Abstract
The dry and ponderous information on the Kings of yore and their religious domains is followed by way of anticlimax by a light literary description of a Royal Chase. The story about the animal kingdom ruled by the lion is in the style of the Tantri, the Old Javanese version of the Indian Pañcatantra. Tantri tales were popular in East Java. They were used as subjects for the reliefs in brick or in stone that were put up as ornaments on the walls of temples. In the five cantos description of a hunting party and animal story it was the poet’s purpose to show off his proficiency in the literary Tantri style. Stylistic ornaments such as alliteration and learned Sanskrit words are put in frequently.
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Pigeaud, T.G.T. (1962). The Royal Chase in the Neighbourhood of Singasari. In: Java in the 14th Century. Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8776-3_6
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