Rakawi Language in the Past and Present Time

  • A.A. Gde Alit Geria Alit Geria
  • I Nyoman Weda Kusuma Weda Kusuma
  • I Made Suastika Suastika
  • I Nyoman Suarka Suarka

Abstract

Jawa Kuna is one of the oldest documentary languages that has the richest materials as well as fine and noble national cultural values. Jawa Kuna is the key to revealing the history of the cultural life in Indonesia in the past. Therefore, studying Jawa Kuna is like digging up the “hidden pearl” because the scintillating beam or supreme (adiluhung) teachings implied in it can be used as guidance (s?suluh) in everyday life. A very strong desire of the experts of Jawa Kuna to discover the history and the richness of culture in the ancient time has succeeded in changing the image of Jawa Kuna from being “a distant jungle, scary and horrible” into “a virgin forest that is very close, friendly and attractive”.

In Bali, the influence of Jawa Kuna has existed since the 10th century until the globalization era nowadays. Jawa Kuna has been greatly cherished by the rakawi in creating a piece of literature (parwa, kakawin) until the beginning of the 21st century. As a media in exploring the Hindu and Buddhist literature, Jawa Kuna language is preserved not merely in the sense that it is read, sung and discussed, but it is also shown with the creation of  new Kakawin using Jawa Kuna language by Balinese Rakawi (authors) namely Made Degung, I Wayan Mandra, and I Wayan Pamit. Those three Balinese rakawi have been able to comprehend one similar problem (Siwa-Buddha) by using the same hypogram as well (Siwagama), and then it is packed in their own style into a very beautiful piece of kakawin (langö).

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Author Biographies

A.A. Gde Alit Geria Alit Geria

Department of Education of Indonesian Language and Literature, Faculty Education of Languages and Arts, Institute for Teacher Training and Education of PGRI Bali

I Nyoman Weda Kusuma Weda Kusuma

Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters, Udayana University

I Made Suastika Suastika

Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters, Udayana University

I Nyoman Suarka Suarka

Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters, Udayana University

How to Cite
ALIT GERIA, A.A. Gde Alit Geria et al. Rakawi Language in the Past and Present Time. e-Journal of Linguistics, [S.l.], jan. 2013. ISSN 2442-7586. Available at: <https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/eol/article/view/5004>. Date accessed: 29 mar. 2024.
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Articles

Keywords

Jawa Kuna, adiluhung (supreme), rakawi, and moral-spiritual