Mpu Monaguṇa
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Mpu Monaguṇa was a Javanese Hindu poet from the Kediri Kingdom. He lived in the late 12th to early 13th century. He wrote the famous kakawin Sumanasantaka, and described it as his first attempt to write a narrative poem. Monaguna likey studied Kalidasa's Raghuvaṃśa work in a guru-śiṣya form of pedagogy, and was likely skilled in Sanskrit. Monaguṇa was likely a pen name. Monaguṇa is observed to be an extremely skilled poet, and was able to easily select words to follow strict metrical rules.[1] He was well versed in knowledge of India, and was able to describe the capital of Magadha, Paraṃtapa, in typical Indian terms, often combining them with Javanese metaphors, as can be seen below:
There is a beautiful region of his realm called Puṣpapura where poets gather. The tears of women filled with passion form a lake dammed by the flowers fallen from their chignons.
The wailing of the weeping women turns into the humming of black bees or the cries of cātaka birds in the heavens. Their beautiful faces gave the impression of having become white night lotuses which opened when the moon is full.
References[edit]
- ↑ Worsley, Supomo, Hunter, Fletcher, Peter, S., Thomas M., Margaret. Mpu Monaguṇa’s Sumanasāntaka An Old Javanese Epic Poem, its Indian Source and Balinese Illustrations.
Mpu Monaguṇa must have adhered to the strict rule of kakawin writing of his times. Accordingly, in selecting the readings from among the variants occurring in the manuscripts, beside language and contextual considerations, the first and foremost criterion used is metrical correctness...In general the text of the Sumanasāntaka shows clearly that the poet was able to choose words that both grammatically and metrically correct without too much difficulty
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