Javanese Kakawin Ramayana

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Old Javanese literary work kakawin poetic adaptation

Javanese Kakawin Ramayana is an Old Javanese poetic adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana, notable for its distinctive local cultural elements and literary style in the Javanese tradition.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Javanese Kakawin Ramayana canonical	1
Javanese Ramayana	1
Old Javanese Ramayana	1
Old Javanese Ramayana corpus	1
Ramayana in Old Javanese	1
Ramayana tradition (as a later indigenous Javanese romance cycle)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T902521 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Javanese Kakawin Ramayana
Context triple: [Ramayana, hasVersion, Javanese Kakawin Ramayana]

A. Kakawin Smaradahana
Kakawin Smaradahana is a classical Old Javanese epic poem from the Kediri period, renowned for its romantic and courtly themes and its influence on later Javanese and Balinese literature.
B. Kakawin Gatotkacasraya
Kakawin Gatotkacasraya is an Old Javanese epic poem from the Kediri period that retells episodes from the Mahabharata, focusing on the hero Gatotkaca.
C. Kakawin Hariwangsa
Kakawin Hariwangsa is an Old Javanese epic poem from the Kediri period that retells episodes from the Mahabharata within a classical Javanese literary and cultural framework.
D. Malay Hikayat Seri Rama
Malay Hikayat Seri Rama is a classical Malay literary adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana, reinterpreting its characters and events within a local cultural and Islamic-influenced context.
E. Nagarakretagama
Nagarakretagama is a 14th-century Old Javanese court poem that provides a detailed account of the Majapahit Empire’s political structure, territories, and royal ceremonies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Javanese Kakawin Ramayana
Target entity description: Javanese Kakawin Ramayana is an Old Javanese poetic adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana, notable for its distinctive local cultural elements and literary style in the Javanese tradition.

A. Kakawin Smaradahana
Kakawin Smaradahana is a classical Old Javanese epic poem from the Kediri period, renowned for its romantic and courtly themes and its influence on later Javanese and Balinese literature.
B. Kakawin Gatotkacasraya
Kakawin Gatotkacasraya is an Old Javanese epic poem from the Kediri period that retells episodes from the Mahabharata, focusing on the hero Gatotkaca.
C. Kakawin Hariwangsa
Kakawin Hariwangsa is an Old Javanese epic poem from the Kediri period that retells episodes from the Mahabharata within a classical Javanese literary and cultural framework.
D. Malay Hikayat Seri Rama
Malay Hikayat Seri Rama is a classical Malay literary adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana, reinterpreting its characters and events within a local cultural and Islamic-influenced context.
E. Nagarakretagama
Nagarakretagama is a 14th-century Old Javanese court poem that provides a detailed account of the Majapahit Empire’s political structure, territories, and royal ceremonies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Old Javanese literary work ⓘ kakawin ⓘ poetic adaptation ⓘ
adaptationType	localized adaptation ⓘ
basedOn	Indian epic Ramayana ⓘ linked to: Ramayana
containsCharacter	Bharata ⓘ Dasaratha ⓘ Hanuman ⓘ Kaikeyi ⓘ Kausalya ⓘ Laksmana ⓘ linked to: Lakshmana Rama ⓘ Ravana ⓘ Shatrughna ⓘ Sita ⓘ Sugriva ⓘ Trijata ⓘ Vali ⓘ Vibhishana ⓘ
containsElement	Hindu-Buddhist syncretic elements ⓘ descriptions of Javanese-style courts ⓘ localized geography and setting ⓘ
country	Indonesia ⓘ
culturalContext	Javanese culture ⓘ
genre	court poetry ⓘ
hasTheme	devotion ⓘ dharma ⓘ heroism ⓘ kingship ⓘ loyalty ⓘ
influenced	Balinese Ramayana performances ⓘ Javanese wayang Ramayana tradition ⓘ
language	Old Javanese ⓘ linked to: Kawi (Old Javanese)
literaryInfluence	later Javanese Ramayana retellings ⓘ
literaryTradition	Javanese literature ⓘ
notableFor	Old Javanese literary style ⓘ courtly and refined diction ⓘ distinctive Javanese cultural elements ⓘ
partOf	Old Javanese kakawin corpus ⓘ
period	classical Javanese period ⓘ
poeticForm	kakawin metre ⓘ
region	Java ⓘ
religiousContext	Hinduism ⓘ
script	Kawi script ⓘ Old Javanese script ⓘ
studiedIn	Indology ⓘ Javanese philology ⓘ comparative literature ⓘ
usedIn	Javanese court culture ⓘ ritual and ceremonial contexts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited