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complete), 4983, 5012 (= 10.878-1 — BCB prtf 188), 8476, 9006, 10.878-11 (= BCB prtf 163), CB 13, KHA O 2, AdKIT A 4846/c, AdKIT A 4846/d, AdKIT H 965, AdGUB 53, RtMLV 773. 30.362 Malat Kurj, with Balinese inter linear glosses: cod. 3627 (= 3919). 30.363 Malat Kuij, variant versions: cod. 4321 (version X), 4322 (version Y), 4323 (version Z), 3841-XII (version Z). 30.364 Malat Kuq, harmonization of van der Tuuk’s manuscripts: cod. BCB prtf 15, BCB prtf 17, CB 119 A, B. 30.370 Minor Panji romances in t ë 13 a h a n verse. In addition to the voluminous Malat Kui) compendium many minor Panji romances were written by eigh teenth and nineteenth century Balinese poets. Probably in several cases the authors bor rowed plots for their romances from old folk-tales, which they embellished and am plified with products of their own imagin ation. The same method was employed by nineteenth century Javanese authors, but then, in Java, romances connected with the wayaij purwa heroes, Arjuna and his family, were more popular than Panji tales, so the Javanese authors invented wayaq plays. In many cases both the Javanese-Balinese Panji romances and the Javanese wayat} plays deviate a great deal from their classic models, the lives of Raden Panji, prince of Kahuri- pan, and of Arjuna, Pandu’s son. As a rule Javanese-Balinese Panji ro mances were written in teqahan verse (see 00070). In Bali the tei)ahan kind of metre was used especially in lyrical poems and

further in romantic poetry of the Malat Kui} genre. The teqahan metres and the Javanese- Balinese Panji romances probably flourished at the same time. But then, in the second half of the nine teenth century, Balinese literati began to abandon the terjahan fashion. Later Javanese- Balinese Panji romances were written in macapat metres, which for a long time had already been in use with writers of historical ballads and didactic poems. The Javanese-Balinese Panji romances suggest, by their contents, that the social background of the poets was a Court with Javanese traditions, but without an exact knowledge of the history and the geography of Java. On account of these facts it seems impossible to date the Javanese-Balinese Panji romances in an early period, or even as late as the seventeenth century, for probably at that time Balinese Kings and noblemen still had connections with East Javanese local rulers, and some solid know ledge of things Javanese still must have prevailed. Several Javanese-Balinese Panji romances are frankly erotic. Departure from the classic model of the Panji tales is found in a major ity of the romances which have been re gistered under the present head. Appearance of the hero in animal shape is frequent. 30.371 Wasèq Sari, in teqahan verse: cod. 3586 (= 4669), 3644 (= 4668), 3645, 3705 (= 4667), 4665 (= BCB prtf 10), 4666, 4670, 4671, 5092, 5437, dHMvO 47.705. 30.372 Waqbat} Widéha, first version: cod. 3610 (= 7227 = BCB prtf 10), 3633 (= 4642 = BCB prtf 10), 3647 (= 4644), 3715, 3779 (= 4645), 4643, 4646.