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Bujangga Manik

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Bujangga Manik is a narrative poem in Old Sundanese which opens a window onto the world of late-15th-century maritime Southeast Asia. The poem describes the spiritual development of a young man fro...
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  • 12 June 2025
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Bujangga Manik is a narrative poem in Old Sundanese which opens a window onto the world of late-15th-century maritime Southeast Asia. The poem describes the spiritual development of a young man from Pakañcilan, in what is now West Java, as he walks and sails across and around Java and Bali, culminating with his death in a mountainside hermitage and ascension to heaven. This volume is an exemplary edition of Bujangga Manik, complete with a revised transliteration; a new English translation; detailed descriptions of the manuscript, script, and language; and an extensive commentary on the poem’s contents, from its setting and characters to its descriptions of ocean-going ships, houses, furniture, perfumes, and much else.
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Price: $162.00
Pages: 352
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Bibliotheca Indonesica
Publication Date: 12 June 2025
ISBN: 9789004678095
Format: Hardcover
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Alex West lives in Lisbon and works as a freelance writer and translator. He has a Ph.D from Leiden University (2021); his dissertation won an Erasmus Dissertation Prize in 2022.