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THE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE OF 
origin than the preceding; the author is M’pu Penulu Boda 
likewise a Buddhist. The king of Madjapahit at this period 
was Brayang * MV*basing Srjka, father of Bra MVijaya 
{Browijoyo), who, according to Javanese ^records, was the 
last (Hindu) prince of Madjapahit. 
Th ose are the most important works of the Kawi literature, 
so far as I am yet acquainted with it. With these however we 
are far from leaving exhausted Balinese literature. We have 
besides them first the law books written in prose; further the 
Tutur's or “instructive writings,” of which nothing can as 
yet be ascertained since they are for the most part secret 
writings. Further the Babads or historic-genealogical works 
partly written in Kidung, i. e. the newer (Javanese) measure, 
partly in prose. Moreover we have pure Polynesian myths ; 
above all those of Panji, which are likewise written in 
Kidung. Then there also exist little essays on the transmi¬ 
gration of the soul, on enotic subjects &c, and finally there is 
the Balinese Kalendar, a work of the utmost importance, 
Babad or Historical Essays 
1, Kerihangrok. He is a son of Brahma and progenitor 
of the rulers of Kediri, Madjapahit and Bali* It has not 
as yet been ascertained in what epoch he must be sought for. 
H is residence was in the Kainpong N’dok, whose situation is 
not known in Bali, but is supposed to be in Baratawara . It 
is written in prose, and contains 40 or more lontar leaves ; 
I am only in possession of the first part, which has no more 
than 17 leaves. His mother is called Kenhendok ; the god 
Brahma met her, much in the same way as the Greek Zeus 
knew how to win his numerous loves, whilst she as a married 
woman was amusing herself in the field. 
2, Rangga Laive. Siva Budda{ N. B.) ruler of Tumap&l 
is made captive for misgove? nment by the king of Daha or Ke¬ 
diri, and his empire Tumapel is overthrown. The chief min¬ 
ister of Kediri is Rangga Laive ; he at a later time disagrees 
with his sovereign and is finally vanquished and put to death. 
The work contains a minute description of the court of Kediri 
and the position of the grandees of the empire and may serve 
as a pattern of the constitution of the old empire, in Java. It 
is especially maintained in Bali that the court of Madjapahit 
was altogether in the same style, and that all the rules of the 
court of Kediri were carried to Madjapahit. For this reason it 
* The name Babad is algo met with in Java (vid. Raffles literature I, 393) 
and it also comprises, following him, all lhe historic works and new chronicles. 
Raffles spells it Babat ; In Bali 1 find the word written Babad . 
