Category
page 1Javanese literature
Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern
Dutch linguist and orientalist (1833-1917)
Javanese literature

Babad Tanah Jawi
javanese manuscripts
Letters of a Javanese Princess
Dutch-language book of collected letters by Kartini
Kidung Sunda
literary work that recounts the story of the "Battle of Bubat" between Sundanese and Javanese
Hans Ras
Dutch linguist *1926 (1926–2003)
Buda script
Archaic script used in Java and Bali
Daluang paper
Indonesian beaten bark paper
Kidung
Kidung is a form of Old Javanese poetry. They differ from kakawin in that they use Javanese meters instead of imported Sanskrit ones, and mostly appeared later. The subject matter is based on historical events. Like kakawin, they later became an important source of inspiration for pictorial art. They are also distinguished from the tantri, which, though similar in form, are adapted from Indian fables. Many kakawin were also adapted into kidung form.
Sanghyang Kamahayanikan
Part of the prose literature of old Javanese people