''Sanghyang Siksa Kandang Karesian'' is a didactic text, providing the reader with religious and moralistic rules, prescriptions and lessons. The title means something like “the book of rules with guidance to be a ''
resi'' (wise or holy man)”. This text is preserved in the
National Library of Indonesia
The National Library of the Republic of Indonesia (Perpusnas, ) is the legal deposit library of Indonesia. It is located at Gambir, on the south side of Merdeka Square, Jakarta. It serves primarily as a humanities library alongside several other ...
and identified as kropak 630; it consist of 30
gebang leaves (formerly identified as nipah) and in the lontar manuscript L624.
The gebang manuscript is dated in a chronogram nora catur sagara wulan (0-4-4-1), that is Saka 1440 or 1518 AD. It had already been referred to in earlier publications by Holle and Noorduyn. A complete edition with translation, introduction, commentary and glossary was presented in a stenciled work by Atja and Danasasmita (1981a). It has been republished in book-form in Danasasmita et al. (1987:73-118).
Text edition of the lontar manuscript has been done by Nurwansah, published in journal of Sundalana (2013).
The text is from
Galuh
The Galuh Kingdom was a medieval Sundanese kingdom located in the eastern part of ''Tatar Sunda'' (now West Java province and Banyumasan region of Central Java province), present-day Indonesia. It was established as a breakaway kingdom of t ...
(a capital city of the
Sunda Kingdom
The Sunda Kingdom ( , ) was a Sundanese people, Sundanese Hindu kingdom located in the western portion of the island of Java from 669 to around 1579, covering the area of present-day Banten, Jakarta, West Java, Lampung, and the western part of ...
).
See also
{{portal, Indonesia
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Sunda Wiwitan
Sunda Wiwitan (from Sundanese: ) is a folk religion followed by some of the Sundanese people (including Baduy & Bantenese) in Indonesia.
The followers of this belief system can be found in some villages in western Java, such as Kanekes, L ...
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Hinduism in Java
Hinduism has historically been a major religious and cultural influence in Java, Indonesia. Hinduism was the dominant religion in the region before the arrival of Islam. In recent years, it has also been enjoying something of a resurgence, parti ...
References
External links
Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian original text from Indonesian Wikisource
16th-century manuscripts
Indonesian manuscripts
Sundanese literature