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Bujangga Manik is a narrative poem in Old Sundanese which opens a window onto the world of late-15th-century maritime Southeast Asia. The poem describes the spiritual development of a young man from Pakañcilan, in what is now West Java, as he walks and sails across and around Java and Bali, culminating with his death in a mountainside hermitage and ascension to heaven. This volume is an exemplary edition of Bujangga Manik, complete with a revised transliteration; a new English translation; detailed descriptions of the manuscript, script, and language; and an extensive commentary on the poemâs contents, from its setting and characters to its descriptions of ocean-going ships, houses, furniture, perfumes, and much else.
Alex West lives in Lisbon and works as a freelance writer and translator. He has a Ph.D from Leiden University (2021); his dissertation won an Erasmus Dissertation Prize in 2022.
A Note on the Text
Acknowledgement
List of Figures
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
â1âBackground
â2âSunda
â3âApproaching Bujangga Manik
1 Codicology, Palaeography, and Language
â1âCodicology
â2âPalaeography
â3âLanguage
2 Transliteration and Translation
3 Place in Bujangga Manik
â1âListing Places
â2âToponyms and Routes
4 People in Bujangga Manik
â1âTitles and Kinship Terms
â2âThe Characters
5 Travelling by Sea
â1âThe Ships
â2âThe Crews and Their Tools
6 Things in Bujangga Manik
â1âPlants and Animals
â2âMetals and Miscellaneous Items
Epilogue
Appendix A: Primary Source Citations
Appendix B: Placenames and Placename Elements
Appendix C: Plant and Animal Species and Products
Bibliography
Manuscripts
Index
Acknowledgement
List of Figures
List of Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
â1âBackground
â2âSunda
â3âApproaching Bujangga Manik
1 Codicology, Palaeography, and Language
â1âCodicology
â2âPalaeography
â3âLanguage
2 Transliteration and Translation
3 Place in Bujangga Manik
â1âListing Places
â2âToponyms and Routes
4 People in Bujangga Manik
â1âTitles and Kinship Terms
â2âThe Characters
5 Travelling by Sea
â1âThe Ships
â2âThe Crews and Their Tools
6 Things in Bujangga Manik
â1âPlants and Animals
â2âMetals and Miscellaneous Items
Epilogue
Appendix A: Primary Source Citations
Appendix B: Placenames and Placename Elements
Appendix C: Plant and Animal Species and Products
Bibliography
Manuscripts
Index
Students of Southeast Asia and the Middle Ages; scholars of Sundanese language and literature; scholars of pre-modern Indonesian history; scholars of world literature.