JOURNAL 
OF 
THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO 
AND 
EASTERN ASIA. 
THE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE OF THE ISLAND OF BALI*^ 
By R. Fueiderich. 
Common Kami-litertaure . 
I, Barata Yudcla . With respect to contents the B4rata 
Yudda stands nearest to the Parvas. For a considerable 
time it has been regarded as the only version of the Indian 
MaMbh&rata in oar islands. But we have now found on 
Bali the original pieces of that epos. The Bftrata Yudda is 
formed after 4 of the Parvas, viz. after the Bisma, Drona, 
Kama, and Salya-Parva; the author is Hempu (or M’pu) 
&’Dah, who lived in the time of Sri Padaka Batdrd Jaya~ 
laya, king of Kediri, and wrote his works by the order of 
the latter; the design of the king was to obtain by the 
composition of the work a Jcadigjayan, a subjugation of the 
world. In this also an Indian idea is conspicuous ; by the 
performance of great offerings, by sumptuous works of archi¬ 
tecture, and by works of literature, the prince thus engaged 
becomes not only famous, but he also acquires extraordinary 
power by which he is enabled to subject the universe to his 
will. Such was also the aim of the great offering of the 
prince of Lombok (in September, 1846), who, not being 
recognized by all as the legitimate chief, sought by offerings 
and abundant alms, to prove his royal right and to strengthen 
himself for warlike enterprises. The time at which the 
manuscript was composed, which I made use of, is the year 
of Saka 1724 (corresponding to the year of Christ 1802.) 
To judge from the outward appearance I should have taken 
* Continued from p. 137. 
VOL, III, NO. IV, APRIL, 1849. 
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