Mpu Sedah

Mpu Sedah was a Javanese literary poet who wrote Kakawin Bhāratayuddha in Old Javanese.[1] He lived during the Jayabaya reign of the Kadiri or Panjalu Kingdom in East Java. Mpu Sedah is one of Raja Jayabaya's advisers. Mpu Sedah also had an adopted son, Aria Wiraraja, a military adviser to Raden Wijaya.[citation needed] According to Mpu Panuluh, Sedah was a famed author at the time, although not much is known of his life today.[2]

For unknown reasons, Mpu Sedah was unable to complete the Kakawin Bhāratayuddha and the remainder was written by Mpu Panuluh.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Sudjarwo, Eko. "Situs Sedah, Jejak Sang Empu dan Kesamaan Nama Dusun di Lamongan". detikNews. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ^ Supomo, S. Bharatayuddha, An Old Javanese Poem and its Indian Sources. Sedah was famed throughout the world (khyatîṅ rat, BY 52 13b), we know nothing of his personal life and his other achievements
  3. ^ Supomo, S. Bharatayuddha, An Old Javanese Poem and its Indian Sources.
  4. ^ "Empu Sedah dan Kakawin Baratayuda". Sejarah Cirebon. Retrieved 18 January 2021.


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