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'''Kakawin Bhāratayuddha''' is an [[Old Javanese language|Old Javanese]] poetical rendering of some books (''parva'') of the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' by [[Mpu Sedah]] and his brother [[Mpu Panuluh]] in Indian meters (''kāvya'' or ''[[Kakawin]]'').<ref name="monitor">{{cite web |title=Kakawin Bharatayuddha, warisan indah di masa Jayabhaya |url=https://monitor.co.id/2018/11/06/kakawin-bharatayuddha-warisan-indah-di-masa-jayabhaya/ |website=Monitor |date=6 November 2018 |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref> The commencement of this work was exactly 6 November 1157 by Sedah, and finished by Panuluh.<ref name=indianized>{{Cite book<br />
| last = Cœdès<br />
| first = George<br />
| authorlink = Georges Coedès<br />
| title = The Indianized states of Southeast Asia<br />
| publisher = University of Hawaii Press<br />
| year = 1968<br />
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iDyJBFTdiwoC<br />
| isbn =9780824803681 }}</ref>{{rp|168}} The year of the composition is given in a chronogram ''sanga-kuda-śuddha-candramā'' which gives the year 1079 Saka. This is the equivalent of 1157 AD. [[Bhāratayuddha]] means "India's War" or "War of Bharat".<ref name="monitor" /><br />
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It is about the great war between the [[Pāndava]]s and the [[Kaurava]]s on the [[Kuru (kingdom)|Kuru]] field.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ras |first1=J. J. |title=Masyarakat dan kesusastraan di Jawa |year=2014 |location=Jakarta |isbn=978-9794618998 |edition=Cetakan pertama |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fu1hDAAAQBAJ&q=kakawin+bharatayuddha&pg=PA166}}</ref><br />
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==Manuscripts of Bhāratayuddha==<br />
With some hundred [[manuscript]]s that are listed in the catalogues of public libraries in various countries, Kakawin Bhāratayuddha is by far the most-often copied extant Old Javanese work.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[J. G. H. Gunning]], 1903, ''Bhârata-yuddha: Oudjavaansch Heldendicht''. [[The Hague|‘s-Gravenhage]]:Martinus Nijhoff. (Text edition in [[Javanese script|Javanese characters]]).<br />
*[[S. Supomo]], 1993, ''Bhâratayuddha'', [[New Delhi]]:International Academy of Indian Culture. {{ISBN|81-85689-43-1}}<br />
*[[Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder|P. J. Zoetmulder]], 1974, ''Kalangwan. A Survey of Old Javanese Literature'', [[The Hague]]:Martinus Nijhoff. (Recension, pp.&nbsp;256–262) {{ISBN|90-247-1674-8}}<br />
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282182/page/n505/mode/2up An early partial edition and translation] contained in volume I of ''[[The History of Java]]'' by [[Stamford Raffles]] (1817).<br />
* {{wikisource-inline|jv:Kakawin Bhāratayuddha}} (old editions and translations into Dutch)<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bharatayuddha]]<br />
* ''[[Arjunawiwaha]]''<br />
* ''[[Kakawin Hariwangsa]]''<br />
* ''[[Kakawin Ramayana]]''<br />
* ''[[Kakawin Sutasoma]]''<br />
* ''[[Nagarakretagama]]''<br />
* ''[[Pararaton]]''<br />
* ''[[Śiwarātrikalpa]]''<br />
* ''[[Smaradahana]]''<br />
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