THE ISLAND OF BALI. 
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Ganges between Q-anga and Jamuna.) Vyasa, the writer, is 
also called Tlempu or Mpu Jog is ward. This is a name of 
frequent occurrence, and jgnifi.es even the highest divinity 
Siva. It is however explainable by a saint or Padanda 
who retires from the world becoming united with the Deity 
when he is called even Siva. In a certain sense, the Deity is 
himself the author of all the holy scriptures, since he enters, 
into the composer and speaks and acts by him. 
The Htsmaparva contains 102 loniar leaves. The Adiparva 
is nearly of the same size. The Prastanika-parva, which 
I saw, contained only 16 lontar leaves, but was not complete. 
The names are all Indian ones with the exception of S wala- 
maoarva, which seems to be a corruption of Asvatthama 
parva, thus called after a hero of the Mahdbhdrata, a son of 
Drona. S tripalapaparva is named in the Sanscrit only S tri- 
parva ;palapa seems to be formed in the Polynesian manner 
from alapa (harangue.) The language of the Parvas is, like that 
of the Rarnayana , pure Kawi, & more difficult to be un¬ 
derstood than the other important Kawi-works. In addition 
we have a Kapipdrva , containing the history ot >ugrivd , 
Kanuman and their ancestors in the monkey-dynasty. There 
exists also the C/iautaka or Keldkd-Pdrva ; this is a sort of 
dictionary, where all the synonyms are classed together after 
the manner of the Javanese dasanama ; it is compiled by Kavi- 
dasi, the follower of Byasa ; it commences with the numerous 
denominations of the gods, and is for that reason of great impor¬ 
tance for the mythology : It is however written in prose, and like 
the Kawi parva strongly separated from the 18 holy Parvas. 
An Agadi (or Anggasti) Parva came also to my knowledge, 
in which the holy Agasti (the star Canopus) and leader of 
Hama in his campaign against the south of India, gives in¬ 
struction to his son Dndasya ; this work is not to be con¬ 
founded with the Parvas of the Mu hdb lid rat <t. 
To the ancient Indian literature pertain further the books 
of the laws, especially that of Manu. The Balinese law books 
are likewise drawn from them, although they are written 
neither in Slokvs nor in Kawi, and we shall therefore speak 
of them after the Kawi literature. The original law book 
of MunUf Mdnawadarmu-sdstra is not known in Bali either 
by that name or by that of Men no a Sdstra (as the name 
should be on Ball according to Raffles I. 391.) Frabu 
M>nu , however is mentioned as the founder of the law, and 
the Indian origin of the Balinese law and law books is thus 
certain. The Purvadigama or Siva Sdsana, especially, is 
said to have Manu for its author. (Vide, infra ) 
(To be Continued.) 
