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44.550 Kawruh Griya, Javanese treatise on house construction, wood, measures, divi nation : cod. 8383. 44.560 Purwa Panti, on housebuilding, by Karta Atmaja, Yogyakarta: cod. 8973 no. 2. 44.570 Wida Wismana, on housebuilding, by Karta Siswaya, Temaijguit} : cod. 8973 no. 1. 44.750 Of old, agriculture, being the primary means of subsistence, was of the utmost importance in Javanese civilization. References to agriculture, in the first place: cultivation of rice, are found in many reli gious and mythological texts, mentioning the divinities Sri and Sadana, and Puhaci. Rice myths have been registered in Part Two of the present Synopsis (25.000), and several texts on magic (40.250), divination (41.750) and chronology (42.000) contain references to agriculture. Under the present head some texts on Javanese-Balinese village regulations and Javanese manuals of agriculture are regis tered. In the second half of the nineteenth century, and in the first half of the twen tieth century, official concern for agricultural methods and rural conditions was steadily increasing, and Government began to pub lish popular manuals for circulation among Javanese (and other Indonesian) agricul turists. The booklets, in the beginning most ly called Amoi} Tani, were first published by the official Government Publishing House (“Landsdrukkerij”, Batavia) and later by the “Volkslektuur” (Bale Pustaka)

and the “Landbouw Voorlichtingsdienst (Information Service of the Department of Agriculture). Twentieth century agrarian laws and rural regulations with reference to' Surakarta and Yogyakarta are not registered under the present head, but under the head Regu lations (48.200). Relevant manuscripts have been listed in the General Index under the catchwords agriculture and rice. 44.760 Tata nil} Kërta nil} Woi} Acacari- kan, Javanese-Balinese village regulations and agriculture rules: cod. 3638 (= 4554), 4553 (= 10.579 = BCB prtf 67), 9109 (Tatwa Cacarikan, Krt 52). 44.770 Amor} Tani, Javanese information on agriculture, cultivation of vegetables and fruit, by Prawira Sudirja, Purwarëja, 1900: cod. 8974 no. 1. 44.780 Notes on agriculture: cultivation of maize etc.: cod. 5560. 44.790 Notes on agriculture, vegetables, fruit: cod. 8974 no. 2 (Tanduran warna-warna, by Prawira Sudirja). 44.900 As food and drink are neces sities without which life cannot subsist, it is only natural that the preparation is an important aspect of civilization. Rice cul tivation and rice cooking, and sugar-palm tapping are mentioned frequently in Javanese mythical tales. Several texts on offerings and community meals, both pre-Islamic and be longing to the Muslim period, contain notes on the Javanese cuisine. A well-known Jay a