Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath

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Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath was a famous 14th-century vow by the Majapahit prime minister to not enjoy worldly pleasures until he had unified the entire Indonesian archipelago under Majapahit rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Javanese historical event ⓘ
historical oath ⓘ
political vow ⓘ
symbol of Indonesian unity ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Indonesian territorial imagination ⓘ
Nusantara unity ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Rajasa dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch Tribhuwanatunggadewi ⓘ
associatedWithOffice Mahapatih (prime minister) of Majapahit ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Gajah Mada ⓘ
associatedWithPolity Majapahit Empire ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Indonesian archipelago ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
committedAbstentionFrom palapa (interpreted as spices or pleasures) ⓘ
worldly pleasures ⓘ
contentSummary vow to abstain from worldly pleasures until Nusantara was unified under Majapahit rule ⓘ
culturalSignificance foundational myth of Indonesian unity ⓘ
important narrative in Javanese historiography ⓘ
declaredAt Majapahit royal court ⓘ
linked to: Majapahit Empire
declaredBeforeRuler Queen Tribhuwanatunggadewi ⓘ
declaredBy Gajah Mada ⓘ
declaredIn Majapahit Empire ⓘ
declaredInApproximateYear c. 1334 ⓘ
declaredInCentury 14th century ⓘ
goal subjugation of various polities in the archipelago ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Palapa oath ⓘ
Sumpah Palapa ⓘ
historicityStatus partly legendary ⓘ
ideologicalTheme ascetic self-restraint ⓘ
loyalty to Majapahit ⓘ
political unity ⓘ
influenced modern Indonesian nationalism ⓘ
language Old Javanese ⓘ
linked to: Kawi (Old Javanese)
mentionsRegion Nusantara ⓘ
modernInterpretation early articulation of a unified Indonesian space ⓘ
politicalSignificance expression of imperial ambition ⓘ
justification for Majapahit expansion ⓘ
purpose expansion of Majapahit political control ⓘ
unification of the Nusantara archipelago ⓘ
recordedIn Pararaton chronicle ⓘ
referencedBy Indonesian historians ⓘ
referencedIn Indonesian school curricula ⓘ
sourceType literary chronicle ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Indonesian history ⓘ
Southeast Asian studies ⓘ
political history ⓘ
symbolizes ideal of Indonesian national unity ⓘ
timePeriod Majapahit era ⓘ
linked to: Majapahit Empire

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Majapahit Empire → notableEvent → Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath ⓘ
Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath → hasAlternativeName → Palapa oath ⓘ
linked to: Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath
Gajah Mada → knownFor → Palapa Oath to conquer Nusantara ⓘ
linked to: Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath
Majapahit conquest campaigns in Nusantara → basedOnPolicy → Palapa oath ⓘ
linked to: Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath
Palapa Oath → condition → Gajah Mada would not enjoy certain luxuries until Nusantara was unified ⓘ
linked to: Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath
Mahapatih Amangkubumi → associatedWith → Gajah Mada oath of Palapa ⓘ
linked to: Gajah Mada’s Palapa oath