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“Languages of Java and Madura”). Manu scripts containing references to the parwas are registered in the General Index under the catchwords MahabhSrata and parwa. 20.110 Adiparwa, Old Javanese prose ver sion of the first Mahabharata book: cod. 3127, 4006 a, b, c, d, 5026, 5046, 5397, 6661, AdKIT 1868/104. 20.120 Wirata Parwa, Old Javanese prose version of the fourth Mahabharata book: cod. 3133, 4681, 4682, 4683, 5027, 5103, 10.630 (= BOB pntf 75, KBG lontar 855), 10.631 (= BCB prtf 75, KBG lontar 959b). 20.130 Udyoga Parwa, Old Javanese prose version of the fifth Mahabharata book: cod. 3136, 3736, 4603, 4604, 4605, 5020 (— 10.439 = BCB prtf 5), 5028, KITLV Or 44. 20.140 Bhisma Parwa, Old Javanese prose version of the sixth Mahabharata book: cod. 3750, 4139, 4140, 5029. 20.150 Stri Parwa, called Pralapita Parwa, Old Javanese prose version of the eleventh Mahabharata book: cod. 9744 (Krt 1357a). 20.160 Asramawasa Parwa, Mosala Parwa, Prasthanika Parwa, Swargarohana Parwa, Old Javanese prose versions of the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth Maha bharata books: cod. 3134, 3889, 3908, 3909, 4078, 4340, 4532, 5030, 5033, 5034, (= BCB prtf 60), 6443, CB 124. 20.170 Uttara Kanda, Old Javanese prose version of the seventh Ramayana book: cod. 4627, 4628, 4629, 4630, 5031 (= 10.454 = BCB prtf 7, extensive version), 9745 (Krt 1357b, Kalakéya-Sutasoma). 20.180 Tatwa Utara Kanda, Javanese-Bali-

nese prose epitome of Old Javanese Uttara Kanda: cod. 4556, 4557 (= BCB prtf 21), 4558, 4559. 20.190 Wiwuda (Wibudha) Parwa, Old Javanese epic tale, in prose: cod. 9743 (Krt 1357). 20.200 Puranic texts, Old Javan ese versions. Next to' Mahabharata parwas, puranic texts, rendered into' prose, were important sources of knowledge for Javanese scholars studying Indian mythology and epic history. Unfortunately, due to the enormous mass of Indian puranic literature, the original Sanskrit texts can not be traced as easily as in the case of the Mahabharata parwas. The principal texts of Old Javanese puranic literature in prose have been edited by Gonda. Part of the Brahmanda Purana was rendered into verse. This poetic version is listed with the kakawins in Part Three, Belles-Lettres, of the present Synopsis (30.110). 20.210 At3gastya Parwa, Old Javanese prose: cod. 3711, 4052, 4053, 4054, 5061, 10.850. 20.220 Brahmanda Purana, Old Javanese prose: cod. 3130, 3138, 4155, 4156, 4157, 4158, 5013, 5032, 5099. 20.300 Compendiums of epic tales. Both Mahabharata parwas and pu ranic texts are encyclopedic: they contain a variety of tales concerning many subjects. In Javanese literature encyclopedic books and compendiums of tales remained favour ites from the Old Javanese period up to the