Early Javanese inscriptions : a new dating method / by J.C. Eade & Lars Gislen
- Bib ID:
- 1753544
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Eade, J. C. (John Christopher)
- Description:
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- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000
- 223 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9004117598 (acid-free paper)
- Series:
- Handbuch der Orientalistik. Dritte Abteilung, Sudostasien ; 10. Bd.
- Summary:
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"Early Javanese Inscriptions puts the study of Indonesian epigraphical dating on a completely new footing, both in terms of speed and reliability of the analytical procedures." "No luni-solar calendrical system can be properly accounted for unless the kind of intercalation (insertion of extra lunar months) is understood. This study examines the early Javanese inscriptions, taking account for the first time of the detailed astronomical information so routinely presented in the texts. A computer analysis, using a program specially developed for the purpose, facilitates confirmation or correction of much of the material. It also makes possible for the first time a description of the intercalation employed in that version of the luni-solar calendar." "Early Javanese Inscriptions may serve as a model for any historian working on complex dating problems. A reliable and, after some practice, easily accessible guide to the calculation of (Javanese) dates."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Sect. 1. Introductory
- Sect. 2. The Pancanga System as an Instrument for Javanese Dating
- 1. The tithi
- 2. The wara
- 3. The naksatra
- 4. The yoga
- 5. The karana
- Sect. 3. The Evidence Reviewed
- App. I. A Rule of Thumb for Intercalation
- App. II. Intercalation from saka 732 to 1415
- App. III. Naksatras, Yogas, and Rasi
- App. IV. Karanas
- App. V. The Length of the Lunar Month
- App. VI. What Does "-rasi" Signify?
- App. VII. Mistakes in the Pancanga Elements.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Gislen, Lars
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2000
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