: After visiting Bali and returning to Sunda by sea, he eventually retires to a hermitage on Mount Gede to live as a hermit until his death.
Explore the fascinating 15th-century travelogue of a Sundanese prince turned monk. The Naskah Bujangga Manik (NBM)
Bujangga Manik (also known as Bujangga Manik or Prabu Jaya Pakuan ) is an Old Sundanese narrative poem, or gaguritan , composed by the poet palawija. The text is preserved in a manuscript written on palm leaves ( lontar ), numbered LOr 4055 and LOr 4139, currently held in the National Library of Indonesia and the Leiden University Library.
: The original consists of 29 surviving palm leaves ( lontar ) preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University since 1627.
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