Cover illustration: Brahman characters taking part at the gaṇacakra ceremony, Candi Brahmā in Loro Jonggrang, Prambanan. Two large jars and a bottle at their right side hold alcohol.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jakl, Jiri, author.
Title: Alcohol in early Java : its social and cultural significance / By Jiří Jákl.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Brill’s Southeast Asian library, 2213–0527 ; Volume 8 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021028150 (print) | LCCN 2021028151 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004409637 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004417038 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Drinking of alcoholic beverages—Indonesia—Java—History. | Drinking of alcoholic beverages—Social aspects—Indonesia—Java. | Alcoholic beverages—Indonesia—Java—History. | Javanese (Indonesian people)—Social life and customs. | Java (Indonesia)—History—16th century.
Classification: LCC GT2884.I5 J35 2021 (print) | LCC GT2884.I5 (ebook) | DDC 394.1/3095982—dc23
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ISSN 2213-0527
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