The Comedy (pabañolan)

Editors: Marine Schoettel, Arlo Griffiths.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIDENKPabanyolan.

Summary: This inscription seems to present the synopsis of a comedy (pabañolan), copied in Majapahit (Vilatikta, i.e., Vilvatikta) by a scribe called Sāri-sāri.

Language: Old Javanese.

Repository: Nusantara Epigraphy (tfc-nusantara-epigraphy).

Version: (9d06222), last modified (f510d28).

Edition

Part 1

⟨Page 1r⟩⟨1r1⟩han·, yan urisa, A¡ñ!⟨ṅ⟩jalu¡kaṁ!⟨k kaṁ⟩ kadehan·, tan vruḥ yan tāhĭkaṅ urisa, tan· vinehan·, vkasan ahəmpan· jambe kaṁ kadehan·, pācəḥstage, dinulita⟨1r2⟩n·, Ataḍaḥ tāṅan·, pācəḥ,

Part 2

vkasan· keli mariṁ nūṣa ¡śanda!, kapaṅgiḥ rakryan· galuḥ, madan· liṣya babu-bābu, busihən· ṅaran saṁ putra, ṅaraniṁ ⟨1r3⟩ kadehan· savnaṁ,

Part 3

kapaṅgiḥ ta saṁ viku, mvaṁ saṁ Usaddha, AhaR̥p muliha saṁ Usaddha, tan· vinehan deni saṁ viku(,) vkasan ahaR̥p maraha riṁ vāno kliṁ(,) saṁ Usa⟨1r4⟩ddha, pacəḥ, AhaR̥p anunuta kaṁ babu-babu, pacəḥ, Alumuḥ kaṁ Usāddha,

Part 4

vkasan maṅga, tka ri kliṁ, Iṅalap taṅ usaddha, denira Ino, Asiḥ sira, tan kina⟨1r5⟩R̥pan· denira par¡ā!⟨a⟩meśvarĭ,

Part 5

lakuniṁ Usaddha, mantuk· mari jāva, tumutur sira hino, maliṣya juru kuruṁ, tka ri jāva, dumunuṁ riṁ malandaṁ, kavruhan de⟨1r6⟩niṁ putrī yan· putra, vkasan hapaṅgiḥ muvaḥ,, Iti siḥhən·,, // ◯ //

Part 6

Iti pabañolan·, par¡ī!⟨i⟩samăpta, təlas sinurāt· ri saṁ hyaṁ batur pāja⟨Page 1v⟩⟨1v1⟩ran· riṁ vilatikta, denira mpu mahajāya, de śaṅ aparab· sāri-sari, parintośakna hala bəcikniṁ sastra, kuraṁ L̥viḥnya ¡v!⟨h⟩argga paruṅgunya, sambaṁṅana ⟨1v2⟩ Artha de śaṅ amaca, dereṁ vanva ri canda, v¡a!⟨ā⟩ra, pahiṁ, kr̥ṣṇapakṣa, daśamĭ, ka, 4, raḥ 3, <cross>

Apparatus

⟨1r1⟩ kadehan NBG 1909 ⬦ khadehan Boechari 1985–1986 • This is one of the several instances where Boechari reads kh instead of k (see also tāhikaṅ 1v1, kadehan 1v1, etc). — ⟨1r1⟩ A¡ñ!⟨n⟩jalu⟨k⟩ kaṁ ⬦ Añjalukaṅ NBG 1909 Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1r1⟩ ¡tāhikaṅ!⟨tāhīkaṅ⟩ ⬦ tāhikaṅ NBG 1909; tāhikhaṅ Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1r1⟩ ahəmpan Boechari 1985–1986 ⬦ ahəm yan NBG 1909. — ⟨1r1⟩ kadehan NBG 1909 ⬦ khadehan Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1r1⟩ pācəḥ NBG 1912 ⬦ pacəḥ Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1r1⟩ dinulita ⟨?⟩ n· NBG 1909 • Lime is one of the ingredients of a betel quid. See also OJED s.v. apuh, apu, kidung Vargasari 3.7b.

⟨1r2⟩ Ataḍaḥ Boechari 1985–1986 ⬦ atadah NBG 1909. — ⟨1r2⟩ pācəḥ NBG 1912 ⬦ pacəh Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1r2⟩ nūṣa ¡śanda! ⬦ nuṣa ganda NBG 1909; nuṣa sanda Boechari 1985–1986 • Emend nūṣa sunda (or perhaps nūṣa banda)? — ⟨1r2⟩ saṁ NBG 1909 ⬦ suṁ Boechari 1985–1986.

⟨1r3⟩ savnaṁ NBG 1909 ⬦ savuaṁ Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1r3⟩ viku, mvaṁ Boechari 1985–1986 ⬦ vīkumvaṁ NBG 1909. — ⟨1r3⟩ AhaR̥p muliha saṁ Usaddha NBG 1912 ⬦ AhaR̥p mulitsa saṁ Usaddha NBG 1909 • Boechari omits this phrase altogether.

⟨1r4⟩ anunuta NBG 1912 Boechari 1985–1986 ⬦ anvenuta NBG 1909.

⟨1r5⟩ laku- NBG 1912 Boechari 1985–1986 ⬦ lalve- NBG 1909. — ⟨1r5⟩ maliṣya NBG 1909 ⬦ mahiṣya Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1r5⟩ tumutur sira NBG 1909 ⬦ tumutu sira Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1r5⟩ tumutur sira NBG 1909 ⬦ tumutu sira Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1r5⟩ malandaṁ • It seems that pamalandaṅan would make better sense.

⟨1r6⟩ hapaṅgiḥ NBG 1912 Boechari 1985–1986 ⬦ kapaṅgiḥ NBG 1909. — ⟨1r6⟩ siḥhən Boechari 1985–1986 ⬦ sihən NBG 1909. — ⟨1r6⟩ par¡ī!⟨i⟩samăpta NBG 1909 ⬦ perīsamapto Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1r6⟩ pājaran ⬦ pajaran NBG 1909 Boechari 1985–1986.

⟨1v1⟩ mahajāya ⬦ mahājāyā NBG 1909 Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1v1⟩ śaṅ ⬦ saṅ NBG 1909 Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1v1⟩ parintośakna NBG 1912 Boechari 1985–1986 ⬦ parintośatna NBG 1909. — ⟨1v1⟩ sastra, ⬦ sastra NBG 1909; satra Boechari 1985–1986 • vHL omits the punctuation. — ⟨1v1⟩ vargga NBG 1912 ⬦ vaggə: Boechari 1985–1986; vaṅgiṅ NBG 1909. — ⟨1v1⟩ sambaṁṅana ⬦ sambaṅana NBG 1909; samaṅana Boechari 1985–1986.

⟨1v2⟩ Artha NBG 1909 ⬦ ajə: Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1v2⟩ śaṅ ⬦ saṅ NBG 1909; daṅ Boechari 1985–1986. — ⟨1v2⟩ canda • Understand or emend candra. — ⟨1v2⟩ -pakṣa, ⬦ pakṣa NBG 1912 Boechari 1985–1986 • Both previous editors omit the punctuation. — ⟨1v2⟩ ka, 4, raḥ 3 Boechari 1985–1986 ⬦ 1243 NBG 1909 • Krom read the date 1463.

Translation by Marine Schoettel and Arlo Griffiths.

… if it is an urisa. The kadehan begs (asks for the betel quid), ignoring that the urisa, (i.e. the quid), is (actually) shit. It is not given [to him]. Then the kadehan cuts the areca nut. – laughter – Lime is prepared (dinulitan). His hands are ready to receive [it]. – laughter.

Then, he is carried along to the land of Sunda (Śanda). They happen to be met by the rakryan of Galuh. They make ready to disguise themselves as older women (babu-babus). Busihən is the name of the young prince. The name of the kadehan is Savənaṅ.

They meet a hermit and Usadha ((a putrī)). Usadha wants to go home. She is not allowed (to do so) by the hermit. Then Usadha wants to go to Kəliṅ – laughter –, the babu-babus want to accompany her – laughter. Usadha is reluctant.

Commentary

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First edited by Hinloopen van Labberton. Re-edited here by Marine Schoettel & Arlo Griffiths from photos of rubbings of the plate. Boechari’s edition frequently reads kh for our k. We have not recorded these variants in our apparatus.