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31.000 Minta Rag a. The eleventh cen tury kakawin Arjuna Wiwaha (see 30.020) was also rendered into modern Javanese in the renaissance period. In its new form the poem was called Minta Raga (not unlikely a corrupt form of Wita Raga, which is the name of another poem of Balinese origin, probably not known at the eighteenth century Surakarta Court, see 30.285). Poerbatjaraka (“Kapustakan Djawi”, 1952, p. 133) men tioned two modern Minta Raga versions, one by King Paku Buwana III of Surakarta, dated 1778 A.D., and another by Yasadipura. Both were edited by Dutch scholars and published (Gericke, Verh. KBG vol. 20, 1844 and Palmer van den Broek, 1868). There are still more versions in evidence. In the nineteenth century the Minta Raga was appreciated for its passages turning on religious speculation and ethics. It was con sidered as a counterpart of the Déwa Ruci, the speculative poem on Bima’s quest for the Water of Life. In the Cabolèk tale (see 15,200) the two texts are compared. 31.001 Minta Raga, Paku Buwana III, edited by Gericke: cod. NBS 10, NBS 194. 31.002 Minta Raga, Yasadipura, edited by Palmer van den Broek: cod. 3179. 31.003 Minta Raga, variant version, maca- Pat verse: cod. 4938-11, NBS 234, KITLV Or I-II. 31.004 Minta Raga, prose version of the Arjuna Wiwaha kakawin: cod. NBS 11, NBS 96, NBS 128. 31.005 Minta Raga, Winata Kwaca Lena, libretto of a wayai3 WO113 festival at the Yogyakarta Court, 1937: cod. KHA 0 no 7, 8, 9.

31.020 Arjuna Sasra Bahu. The Arjuna Wijaya kakawin written by Tantular at the Majapahit Court in the fourteenth century (see 30.125) was much appreciated by Surakarta poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. According to Poerbatja raka (“Kapustakan Djawi”, 1952, p. 143 and 155) two modern Javanese versions were made, one by Yasadipura II, and an other by Sindu Sastra, the Court poet of a later King, Paku Buwana VII. In its modern shape the Arjuna Wijaya is called Arjuna Sasra Bahu or Loka Pala. The ex tensive (Sindu Sastra) version was published several times by local publishing houses in Java (Loka Pala, Semaraiy, 1866, Arjuna Sasra Bahu, Verh. KBG 1870, etc.). A prose version, made by Winter, was edited by Roorda (Amsterdam, 1845). The kawi mirirt, versions have been listed under 30.903. 31.021 Arjuna Sasra Bahu, epic poem by Yasadipura II: cod. 2028, NBS 1. 31.022 Arjuna Sasra Bahu, epic poem, ex tensive version by Sindu Sastra: cod. 1813. 31.023 Arjuna Sasra Bahu, fragment: cod. 4064. 31.024 Arjuna Sasra Bahu, prose version by Winter : cod. 1836, NBS 2, KITLV Or 255. 31.040 The Nawa Ruci tale, well-known in Javanese-Balinese literature (see 30.250), was several times used by Central Javanese poets as subject-matter of new poems. In his “Kapustakan Djawi” (1952) Poerbatja raka, referring to the activity of the Court poets Yasadipura I and Yasadipura II, men tioned several probably eighteenth or nine-