Jang’gala.
A.'O. 818.
Panji.
It is also rèlatedv that, .about; this ' perrotilthe Princedof Sbiga-s&H being
attacked by. the Ballons- under Kldna Bang’ga Paspita, ' and defeated in an
engagement near1 Ardra BiddU, applied for assistance -too JaMg’gd/a and
l&'§Wé&t(k rtThe>forc.esi'sèat'ia&’v auxiliaries' fvam'Jang’gdld1 veerei defêatèd,
and, it (was npt. until the arrival óf »^celebrated; .warrior' from Browémo, -that
the; Bdlians Were obliged to rètreat. o The,.river which' flowed . by.’thb’itisene
of action still bears the, nano e.Xd£ Géti,T from its1 stream having" bëenöcon-
vertediinto bload on this
With regard to, thé Raja of Nnsa'Kanchana, it is related-that he possessed
very extensive influence:ovej,all .the islandsmfi/SfSrasjig-.;; He^siisometimes
called,IQfcna Tdnjung Pêra, and êaid&toïhave obtained his authority by
means of*a Bramdna, named Kénda or Sakéndo, amLi sofeetimes. Satirti,
who - peripriQEd, a "Severe, penance: on the -island.:2h®$&ff.',
blisbpent was at.Cfoa.-on- Celebes; afterwards hejatttSnfed stapfemë-ipdwer :
ipry^island .whiph-he visited isubmitted to; hi^sway. ;bH^eet#ïtshëd/hiinsblf
on Sumatra, in the:country which has since bpemcalled BaMmBartg,\ whehcé
he waged war against Java, .ini order !to obtainothe—celebratëdëprincess fof
Doha_in • marriage. In' other' accounts, again; thispprincë •isisujjp'ósed, to
have, bèen the son of the. chief; Lof Bröwémo ' oii;«Fava,.' carried'. offYv^ejr óan
infant b y a Bramdna, who left his own son in his placé.»-),*
In-the. d ramatic performances of the Bdlians}. Kldm .2Mi^mgiPdra>idAhe
same with,& .MaldyUf which means a wanderer, ;and' frpm. which'it' has
beeji.-supposed probable^tbat the'. Maldyus have »derived their name!--' '
« The poetical latitude given t-o the compositións'''whiGh,J describe the'Idife
and adventures of, P-aryi}, leaves iti doubtful wbether,the-was.,in factj.the real
son of a rJay an ,prine§.gf -pr,rsoroe aspirihg adventurer,Tropin India!-.- Whose
attachment t h e c h ie f o f Ja n g ’g a la m ig h t have f o u n d i t h is intereStf’to.'
secftire. ■ In the dramatic exhibitions of the same "subject, i't'-igj3ifficült.to
decide whether The heroes; of- the piece, are, intended to represent The -real
personages .'whose ,names appear in history,. .or, whetherVfhfey-are • merely
invited .with historical titles,- for the purpose of giving dignity to fictitious
characters. -
'». Somg idea may. be;formed;of the reverence in which Pdnji is held,by-7the
Javans, from their representing him as an incarnation . :of - Vishnu, and
his second wife,', Chandra Kirdtaa, under the name ot. JDém, Gdlü,': as’’an
incarnation 5f Sri.
r,iThis
This.belief,,.together With .the mirapulous.tiansforrmilions and supernatural jwg’gaia
gvents, attribated‘^o;{tiiè.dnterfere^e^%theiHindu deities;. while’ heightening A,J~ m‘
the, colour^ of these, composition^ may have rendered them' niore popular Panii'
^utyecta fpi;- dramaticiexhibiti^^but.it hasfdeprisiètliitBëm^öf nearly all au-
feenticity ,a.nd-vaItUp, as-historicalijéèdEds.., Perhaps thé onl-yiinferences','1 with
respect,tof/tl|^,ero,p f' thepi,, which. wb;ea,hibeujustified' in drawing; is* that
the, .prowess,ententes, «and -aepomplishments of< this dhieftain,' who has
been'termed the Charlemagne of thejias'tj-.fanexcelled th'o'S'ë, effMiisi'cbtem-
jooraries,^ and that he visited B / ü k It.appeafs a^so;', that this period
Was, established inyflibuotfaeti islands- of, thé; Archipelago!
in which a similarity,^^%oriftichaa:acter, and. ‘ usages. pfhv'ailed; f As de-
.s^ïPtiTO planners .and customs 'Pflipthejireountry; anti I as affording
o.niy. of the existence,.'offthe: Hindu .rëligiönhra
^ ^ut universal .diffusion as the previilingLworship-of' these1 islands
®t .this,\Pgti9'^: :&tj,fh^riJthistory, .theserlrAdftioiiary'i ffemains. 'p'ossess a high,
galue^ an^pwithi-ltiiej^^esfrof foreign,j*mfluence" still to bêrfound in their
languages, and^in the-,, numerous monuments rn&thd arts/« will'materially
jffifitrlbqtejAA Jbe’-develogment bf,their earlieri'ffkory^^ white-Vhey^^row '
%l?t,p(n fhe. character, of the",peóptejTand» the> progress' that -had1' bêfe^madeV
.civilization. -
T h e ikris islb è h ë y e c i t p ’h a v e b e e n firs t i n t r o d u è |^ |i i ^ ^ |Ê e ' ^ a g t e r n , I s l a n d s
s .o f a r j ^ f o . assent,,, t h a t a ll th e . c p p n t r i e s in w h ic h i t
h is s u p rem a c y . T h e gdmelan, o r:-m u s ië a l'ih s lru -
m e p t i cofi t h e J a v a n s , t o g e th e r w ith t h e ^ v a r io u s .d r am a tic e x h ib itio n s ' w h ic h
s till f o rm 's o e s s e n tia l-a p a r t o f thfe ’p o p u l a r a m u s e m e n t a n ^ c o m p o s e s o 'd is ;
tinguiShifaffijKsj c h ö a c t ë r i s t i c o f n a tio n a l liïW a tu re ;|:^ ,re r a ll s u p p ê s ë p r t o 1 h a v e
J p e n i n p o d u c e d b y h im ; Tu
.a d v e n tu rp sH -p f P d n ji a re ,.re la te d fc h ti,,th e M a la y a n -.r om R tf é e ^ 'w h a r e '
.th a t h e ro is r e p r e s e n te d u n d e r th e a p p e lla tio n o f Chékel W d nm g P d ti(Y ite -
ra lly , “ w h e n y o u n g b r a v e t o d e a th ” ), a n d i n t h e M a la y a n a n n a ls a p a r t i c
u la r a c c o u n t is g iv e n o f a c h ie f o f Sdbrang, w h o , a c c o r d in g to t h e i r story*
o b ta in e d th e .p r in c e s s Chandra Kira n a in m a r r ia g e .* '
N 2 - j »■" ' A b o u t
1“ these annals, the princess CUandra Kirtma of Dahijif -ripreïlen&cf^s being; demanded
m marriage b y the son of ’the* Mahometan Raja of Malacd, and the story, in which an account
is evidently given of a visit to Java at a much later period Of its history, blended with the
earlier romances of Java, after detailing the particulars by which the prince of Tanjimg-vura
became Raja of Mojapcihit, is thus told : ■
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