Dewi, Is carried off'by Rahwana; the third, Rama Td/i,from the first
employment of Ildnuman as a duta or messenger, until he builds the bridge
from the continent to the island Ang’langka-di pdra ; and the fourth, called
Ramaydna (by which is' understood Rdma when arrived at his full power),
from the beginning of the war of Dana Ldga on LdnJca till thelend of'it,
when Rama regains hisconsort Siti Dewi, and returns .to Nayudia, .leaving
Rahwdna’s brother, Bibisdna, sovereign, of Langka. Of these the Rdma-
ydna is the most common on Java. The Rama TdH . lias;been recently
obtained from Bali. This composition, as• one poem, .is by far.the: most
extensive of any which the Javans possess. -
The mythology contained in the Rdma differs, in some measure, from
that of the Kdmdd. Rdma is 4*e*e made to relate to Bibisdna, in Artdti
measure but Kdwi language, that Brdma, in the first instance, sprang from
Wisnu \ that in the beginning of the world, Wisnu existed in that part of
the heavens named Antabdga, the place of serpents.; that-Brdma first*communicated
the knowledge of the Sdstra.^ Mine incarnations of Wisnu are
then detailed: the first, when he appeared as Iwak Mohr0.r.-m6 (the • tortoise)
; the second, as Sing’ha (the lion), when he was called Barwka; the
third, as Arjuna Wijaya ; the fourth in Windkitdya or Rdma. In. the fifth
he was to appear as Kresna; and after the sixth, seventh, and eighth,
in the ninth when he would become incarnate in the person of; a ' great
sovereign, named Prdbu Pur&sa.
Anrdka Sura (the courageous child of the sun) is written in Kami, but
translated into Javan, under the name of Bvana Kalantdka, or Kmba tali.
The period to which it refers is that occupied posterior to .that ofvfhe
Wiwdha, and prior to that of the Brdta Yiidha. ' It relates almost exclu*
sively to the exploits of Buma, who . was the son of Dewi PratiWi, of the
race of Widaddris. • >
Dewi Pratiwi being enamoured of. Wisnu,: her thoughts were ■ continually
turned towards him, notwithstanding he had been cast out of Suraldya.-
One night having dreamt that her passion for him was gratified, she, conceived
a child. She afterwards heard in her sleep a voice saying tocher,
« Descend to the earth in search of Kresna, for Wisnu is. become incarnate
“ in his person: his colour is deep black.” She descended accordingly';,
and established herself at Prajuteksna, where: she was. delivered .of a son,
whom she named Buma Kalantdka. When he arrivedat maturity, .she
informed him !who was his father, and when' he discovered. him . heg was
received
received, and acknowledged by him. Krésna had afterwards another son,
named Samba, who having insulted the wife of Buma aquarrel arose between
the two brothers, in which Bûma put Samba to death in a most discraceful
manner, mangling and exposing his-body: Krésna, enraged at this, threw
his Chakra at Bûma, desiring Gdtot Kdcha to raise him from , the earth the
moment he is struck, lest.-, the t power of. his mother ' should restore1 him.'
Gatot Kdcha obeys his orders and Bûma is destroyed. Sêna, one of the’ sons
of Pdndu, is one;of cthe! personages .of .thispoèm. ip
r ,The history- of thë.succeeding period is contained in the Brdta Yudha, or Brata Yudha.'
holy war, the most popular and esteemed work in the language. This poem
is identified in its suhject with the :J\£ahabdrat of . continental India, ,-in the •
same manner as that aï. Rdma is . with thé jRamdyan. . An analysis of'this
poem will be given under the head poetry; j .
- Next, in point of time, to;.this .story, follows , that of the poem called B“-8456*4-
Parakisit, whieh, abounds with the praises of that 'prince who was the son
of Bimdnyu and grandson of and is descriptive of.-the'.tranquillity
and happinessj.which universally prevailed during his reign.. I t also fibn-
tains an^historical. relation of the sovereigns who .succeeded him, and brings
down the line of princes from Parikisit through ten descents to A ji Jdya
Bay a, as follows. ;
— Parikisit. ■
: ; 1. Sima WicMtra. .
2. Ang’lirig Dria.
,3. cUdidna.
4. JStadiwdng* i. ,
5. Miséna.
6. .
8.
I 9. Suma Wichdld.
■ . 10. Aji Jdya Bdya.
It was during the reign of the last of these princes, that the first intercourse
with Western India-is. supposed to have .taken placé p.an acfcoimt of
the historical composition relating to a subsequent-period is. therefore reserved
for the chapters on History. j R
• The Sûria Kétu.(or..lofty sun) contains in a few stanzas the.history.of
a prince,. .the .fifth inldescent.fromthe Kurdwa, who by dint of. prayer to the
sods obtained a son named Kérta Suma.