Kakawin Smaradahana

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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.

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instanceOf Old Javanese literary work
epic poem
kakawin
associatedWith Kediri Kingdom
classical Javanese court poetry
basedOn Hindu mythology
linked to: Puranas
circulatedIn manuscript tradition
countryOfOrigin Java
culture Javanese
dateWritten 12th century
featuresCharacter Kamajaya
Kamaratih
Shiva
genre courtly romance
kakawin poetry
hasInterpretation allegory of spiritual devotion
model of ideal courtly love
hasLegacy inspired later love stories in Java and Bali
source for iconography of Kamajaya and Kamaratih
influenced Balinese dance-drama adaptations
Balinese literature
Javanese and Balinese visual arts depicting Kamajaya and Kamaratih
later Javanese literature
wayang and courtly literary traditions in Java
language Old Javanese
linked to: Kawi (Old Javanese)
literaryForm metrical poem
literaryPeriod Kediri period
linked to: Kediri Kingdom
literaryTradition Hindu-Buddhist Javanese literature
meter Indian-derived kakawin meters
narrativeMotif burning of the god of love
originallyComposedIn pre-Islamic Java
preservedIn Balinese palm-leaf manuscripts
region East Java
religion Hinduism
script Old Javanese script
linked to: Javanese script
studiedIn Indonesian literary studies
Old Javanese philology
theme courtly life
divine love
romantic love
separation and longing
usedIn Balinese court culture
Javanese court culture

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Kediri Kingdom associatedWork Kakawin Smaradahana
Kamaratih appearsIn Kakawin Smaradahana
Kamaratih centralIn Kakawin Smaradahana