Taragdma, Satmagdrnu,' .Gdmigd Gdmdnd: mOf manypf: tbese.copies have
been procured,- and the Sdstra Menatva, ' orjinstitütióris of- Menu, have- been
partially translated into lEngHsh. - Xhiisnjs-.a book- of-law comprised, knallfout
one hundred and sixty, sections, evidently written on the ’spot,'i andr with
reference to the peculiar habits and dispositions of the péppMefpr. whom
it was framed. As a code of civil law, it is remarkable for ..the- proofjit affords
o fth e : existence, of-actual .property iimthe land ; and as a: cri rhinal
;códej for the frequency of capitaLpunishment, and the almostitotakabsence
©f all degrading or minor corporeal punishment. ,
Of'the-more modern compositions, and which may be considered, as'more
strictly; Javan, 'the following arè the principal.
ƒ Angrëné is'an historical work,.which commences' with, the reign, of Sri
Jdya LangMra, sovereign of Mèdang Kamulan, the grandfather of the
celebrated Parji, and concludes with the' death \o£ Pdnji. This islthe
longest work to bè found-in the modern literature of Java, and contains the
most interesting- and important part of Javan history immediately! antecedent
;to„the establishment of Mahometanism. It isfcomposedcinlsevcral measures
• of thé Sékar Gdngsal, and'is usually, divided into!> 'sfeverall smallerVwdrks, to
each:of which* the name of Panji is prefixed,' as:
• Panji Mordamngktmg.■ The- history -of that part' Qfc^^&.-fife,hwhen
his,-cón'sort, Sèkar-tdjï, is “carried ofF .by'a deity. This.is .-Kepleterwith vrela-
•tions of his-adventures- in war, and partly writtemindthe, Sêkm Sépoh and
partly 'in the SéJcar Gdngsal.
’ - Panji Mdgat-kung relates to that period when tbembjectjtofiisPd^Tsahve
was not p it attained.
: Pdnji-ang’ron dining, containing the particulars oftthe marriage ber-enspnies
observed by Pdnji.
■ P d fji priambada, containing an account4 of (the suc'céssand'cpmpletibn &f
Pónjïs love, and ending with his marriage.
• \ Pdnji Mya Kas&ma. This ismne of the names assume<kbf.:Pdwji after.the
loss óf hiS'cotfsort,' Sêkar-tdji, and contains an account of his,' expedition* fo
■Bali,' wh©re®e®ega;iHed‘hw.’ BI
Pdnji Ghékel Waning Pdti {Whhh young brave' evénlto death)-contains the
juvehile exploits of this- heroi -T
Parji kjjforo'wdngsa included the period of his :life,‘ when the^Princess of
Ddhd transforms herself into a man.
Neither
■lotNeither the datejo£;-the. principal work ';fro'm ybjch these minor com*
positions are takenimjjjriljheiHame, ofthe author is known 5 hut it is supposed
to have^beenf/wri.ttehV^uhl^uenfily fp^th e time. 'of ;M(japdhit, - the language
Sqeingnmo^ern, Jayan.^^/,,,-/.),1. /; <' . ■ - J
. Ititprary; potnpo^tipi^4lpf jt]hpa,Mghfer-gcaist are generally; classed ,by .the
Javang under theheSxLofj P&pjjjam orjBjijaafc dh®j,.l|ittgr $£. which includes
all histp^cal^q^aandlph^iae^ipffmpdern' date.// -r
Srutj is -■a^orh^whioh contains (regulations, fpr/thecconductand behaviour,
of an inferior to a superior. It is written in the ^Aa^-language,- but. Artdti
measure, and has -not.-ypj>^been1 translated,into Javan./ It is of the saine
length psrthe.iVi# Sdstra,Kdwi.K
„ .Niti\Prdja, 'is- composed:_in; the.-same.paeaspre as tyejjSruti, -and,contains
regulations for >the copduptpf .sovereigns, agd^hie% partly in ditQ-Kdm and
partly ,p>lho; Javan.I...
!.; ^i^^r^tiris^a^workpfjthe same nature- ar^si.milarlyic6mposed.
-i^^i^epntainSjregulatipnsifor behaviour .when inj^g presence' of a superior^/
in the Jayan- language, and Artati measure. -
| Magma Kpamaj ireguJation,s for the-.good ,■ administration’ of-^fie .country,
in the same- language and measure.“ ,
- MydhanNagdnq,, -the^ustoms of the,country,, containing rules for the
behayipur q£ persons of idifferent ranks,' in7Javan • and m0the,Artati and
Pamijil; measures. .
Kamanddlca ,co.ntajps\pnstr uetiQnsjrfof,inspiring.,respect?,and;;fear;in the-
exeroise^q£iauth or ity, partly Kdioi, partly- Javan', (and, in >f/stotf1m,eagure.-i
The, seKendast-mentipned works are;supposedti#iaw&£e;t§written;about
thefsame period* The; Chjndrd Sarigkdla of,-the ilddPtof-/.the Javan
§r&. I; Fr(om,.the allusion to /sfom^Gusioras.jw-h^pbi th-ey.fcpntagt it.is.conpfcded
that ‘they were^all composed on> tbrndeclinq,of.Mqjapahit>-M A1' period,when
the influence of that religion was rapidly gaining ground. These*works are
% .prejsfcy'general c^jculajjio^/and, fon^feeAtfosi^fs/the ingtitu^ions^and
viegula|ipfis.; ofcountry,^^ffh.e,translation,, already given a f a-mqdern
version -ofthe N itix Brdja_ wndservc-to; shesw tbeir^ nafer &n,d -fendenqy .0fic)
Jdya Langhdra is a work supppsed to, have; beep, writi^n by a ’chi|%f that
name, when^ sovereigm qf Medayg. Kamulan, andv-WhiGhj iP9&^ns r.?Suia*
•(/inns for the highest judicial proceedings.
i Jdgul Mdda,\ supposed, to have been written by JUgyl-Muda, \h&rPtdteh
3 E . or