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Raffles, in his account of this work, says that it contains one hundred and twenty-three stanzas, and that it is said to be contemporary with the Bharata Yuddha. Vreede, in his "Catalogue," says in a note, "Winter mentions the 'Niti Sastra Kawi, and as its author Prabu Vidayaka, in the time of Aji Saka."
The "Bharata Yuddha," or war of the Bharatas, is so closely connected with the sacred Parvas, that it is generally placed by the Javanese at the head of the native Kavi works. It is esteemed the greatest work in the Javanese literature, but it yields in point of antiquity to the "Arjuna Vivaya." Its language also is less pure, and contains a certain admixture of ordinary high Javanese or Krama.
There are two forms of the shadow wayang, the purva and the gedog. The subjects of the first are taken from the various mythological works of the Hindu period, and from the Bharata Yuddha. In presenting this wayang, the dalang first recites a few verses in Kavi, and then continues the narrative in a modern Javanese version.
The Hindu Javanese literature concerned with the past Javanese alphabet Extent of Javanese works Kavi dialect Krama and Ngoko The Mahabharata and the Ramayana in Kavi Native Kavi works The Arjuna Vivaya The Bharata Yuddha Episode of Salya and Satiavati Ethical poems The Paniti Sastra Localization of Hindu mythology in Java.
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