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The Indra Bandana, on Indrajit vanquishing Indra, seems to be of very recent date. Perhaps it was written in the first years of the twentieth century. 30.198 Indra Bandana: cod. 9410 (= BCB 25, Krt 688), 10.189 (= CB 55, Krt 2228). The Naraka Wijaya contains the tale of Bhoma’s victory over Druma, who takes refuge with Krsna. Bhoma’s exploits are also the subject of the Bhoma Kawya or Bhomantaka, which is a kakawin probably belonging to the Kadiri period (see 30.060). 30.199 Naraka Wijaya: cod. BCB prtf 26 (Krt 591). The Kandawa Wana Dahana, the Burning of Kandawa Forest, deals with a well-known epic tale. Probably the poem was made by a Balinese poet of the nine teenth century. 30.200 Kandawa Wana Dahana: cod. BCB prtf 25, CB 60 (Krt 338), RtMLV 17544. The Dimbi Wicitra, a version of the epic tale of Bhima and Hidimba, is evidently recent. The influence of the way a re play performers’ art is apparent in the cor ruption of names, adapted to the Balinese idiom (Hidimba, I Dimba, Dimbi, with a female ending on -i). 30.202 Dimbi Wicitra: cod. CB 57, BCB prtf 25 (Krt 700). The W i s a 1 a g n i, also called S a 1 a g n i, contains an Arjuna Sahasra Bahu tale, like the Old Javanese Arjuna Wijaya (see 30.125). It is unfinished. 30.203 Wisalagni : cod. CB 44 (= BCB prtf 26).

The Ambasraya contains an epic tale of Bhisma, Amba and Parasu Rama. It has probably been made in Bali in the nineteenth century, or even later. 30.205 Ambasraya: cod. CB 94, BCB prtf 26 (Krt 454). The Irawantaka apparently is an other Balinese kakawin connected with the wayaq theatre. It contains a tale of Irawan, Arj una’s son. It is also called Partha Wijaya. 30.206 Irawantaka, Parta Wijaya: cod. 10.210 (Krt 2259). The Surantaka is a poetic version of a Pandawa tale. Probably it was written in Bali in the nineteenth century or even later. It shows some relationship with a wayai) play. 30.207 Surantaka: cod. BCB prtf 26 (Krt 157). Balinese authors did not severely restrict themselves to subjects found in ancient epic literature. Apparently they sometimes gave free range to their imagination, constructing new tales with elements borrowed from clas sic works. In Java authors of wayar} plays and narrative poems connected with the wayai} theatre used the same method. In the prologue of his poem the Balinese author of the Ambara Madya acknow ledges his indebtedness to Javanese literature for the subject of his poem on a Pandawa war with an unrighteous King. 30.208 Ambara Madya: cod. CB 93 (= BCB prtf 26 : Krt 646). The author of the Wiraga Salaga was a native of Tabanan, South Bali. His poem turns on marriages of human suitors with nymphs from heaven. Wiraga Salaga