Hikayat Indraputra., 
By BO) WinstaprDiiiiarn: ( Oxone) 
In Journal No. 82 (1920), pp. 145-6, I discussed the date of 
the Hikayat Indraputra, prefacing my paper with references to the 
MSS. of that romance. Here I propose to give an outline of the 
story from the lithographed Singapore edition and to add notes 
on some of the incidents and sources of the tale. 
Indraputra was the son of Bikrama Puspa, ruler of Saman- 
tapuri, and his queen Jumjuma Ratna Dewi. Astrologers pro- 
phesied luck for him but declared that at the age of seven he would 
be separated from his parents and undergo many. adventures; they 
advised that he should not play with animals. One, day two 
craftsmen made the king fishes that swam and a golden peacock. 
The peacock flew off with Indraputra and set him under a pome- 
¢gtanate tree in the garden of Ninek Kebayan. When the old lady 
went to sell flowers in the palace, she took Indraputra, pretending 
he was her grandson. He was brought up by her and a childless 
vizier. The ruler of that country, Shahsian, speared a deer while 
hunting and noting how a fawn ran to tend its wounded dam 
thought of his own childlessness and ordered his viziers on pain 
of death to discover a means of getting him a child within 40 days. 
Indraputra volunteered to get from Berma Sakti a cure for the 
king’s childlessness. He sets out. All the beasts of the forest bow 
to him and beg for help against their persecutor, a Raksasa, who 
dwells on Mt. Indra Gilan. 
He comes to this bone-strewn mountain, whereupon a human 
skull warns him not to ascend and tells how the demon in the form 
of an old man had cut him down. The demon meets Indraputra 
in the shape of an old woman and offers him a sword: he cleaves 
the demon in two. The demon changes into a young woman: the 
hero resists her blandishments. ‘The demon changes into a corpse 
beside a hill he creates. Indraputra ascends and enters a cave 
full of riches. He reaches the top of the mountain and descends 
on the opposite side into an orchard. He comes to a plain 
(Padang Lela Sri) beside Mt. Teraji (et yy) where Muslim 
Genies feed, water and exercise their horses, and practise warriors’ 
games, under Prince Nabat Rum Shah (U5 ols) son of 
Dzahir Johan Shah  (cl4 (yh o> pals) . Infidel genies under 
Tamar Jalas (yJle y~) the son of Tamar Boga “(ade ~~) 
trespass there. The two troops fight. Indraputra helps the Mus- 
lim Genies and slays Tamar Jalas. He is given princess Jajama 
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