CHAPTER XL

JAVA AND THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO

1

In most of the countries which we have been considering, the native

civilization of the present day is still Indian in origin, although in

the former territories of Champa this Indian phase has been superseded

by Chinese culture with a little Mohammedanism. But in another area we

find three successive stages of culture, indigenous, Indian and

Mohammedan. This area includes the Malay Peninsula with a large part

of the Malay Archipelago, and the earliest stratum with which we need

concern ourselves is Malay. The people who bear this name are

remarkable for their extraordinary powers of migration by sea, as

shown by the fact that languages connected with Malay are spoken in

Formosa and New Zealand, in Easter Island and Madagascar, but their

originality both in thought and in the arts of life is small. The

three stages are seen most clearly in Java where the population was

receptive and the interior accessible. Sumatra and Borneo also passed

through them in a fashion but the indigenous element is still

predominant and no foreign influence has been able to affect either

island as a whole. Islam gained no footing in Bali which remains

curiously Hindu but it reached Celebes and the southern Philippines,

in both of which Indian influence was slight[369]. The destiny of

south-eastern Asia with its islands depends on the fact that the tide

of trade and conquest whether Hindu, Moslim or European, flowed from

India or Ceylon to the Malay Peninsula and Java and thence northwards

towards China with a reflux westwards in Champa and Camboja. Burma and

Siam lay outside this track. They received their culture from India

mainly by land and were untouched by Mohammedanism. But the Mohammedan

current which affected the Malays was old and continuous. It

started from Arabia in the early days of the Hijra and had nothing to

do with the Moslim invasions which entered India by land.

2

Indian civilization appears to have existed in Java from at least the

fifth century of our era[370]. Much light has been thrown on its

history of late by the examination of inscriptions and of fairly

ancient literature but the record still remains fragmentary. There are

considerable gaps: the seat of power shifted from one district to

another and at most epochs the whole island was not subject to one

ruler, so that the title king of Java merely indicates a prince

pre-eminent among others doubtfully subordinate to him.

The name Java is probably the Sanskrit _Yava_ used in the sense of

grain, especially millet. In the Ramayana[371] the monkeys of Hanuman

are bidden to seek for Sîtâ in various places including Yava-dvîpa,

which contains seven kingdoms and produces gold and silver. Others

translate these last words as referring to another or two other

islands known as Gold and Silver Land. It is probable that the poet

did not distinguish clearly between Java and Sumatra. He goes on to

say that beyond Java is the peak called Śiśira. This is possibly

the same as the Yavakoṭi mentioned in 499 A.D. by the Indian

astronomer Aryabhaṭṭa.

Since the Ramayana is a product of gradual growth it is not easy to

assign a definite date to this passage, but it is probably not later

than the first or second century A.D. and an early date is rendered

probable by the fact that the Alexandrian Geographer Ptolemy (_c._ 130

A.D.) mentions[372] _Νῆσος Ἰαβαδίου ἢ Σαβαδίου_ and by various notices

collected from inscriptions and from Chinese historians. The annals of

the Liang Dynasty (502-556 A.D.) in speaking of the countries of the

Southern Ocean say that in the reign of Hsüan Ti (73-49 B.C.) the

Romans and Indians sent envoys to China by that route[373], thus

indicating that the Archipelago was frequented by Hindus. The same

work describes under the name of Lang-ya-hsiu a country which

professed Buddhism and used the Sanskrit language and states that "the

people say that their country was established more than 400 years

ago[374]." Lang-ya-hsiu has been located by some in Java by others in

the Malay Peninsula, but even on the latter supposition this testimony

to Indian influence in the Far East is still important. An inscription

found at Kedah in the Malay Peninsula is believed to be older than 400

A.D.[375] No more definite accounts are forthcoming before the fifth

or sixth century. Fa-Hsien[376] relates how in 418 he returned to

China from India by sea and "arrived at a country called Ya-va-di."

"In this country" he says "heretics and Brahmans flourish but the law

of Buddha hardly deserves mentioning[377]." Three inscriptions found

in west Java in the district of Buitenzorg are referred for

palæographic reasons to about 400 A.D. They are all in Sanskrit and

eulogize a prince named Pûrṇavarman, who appears to have been a

Vishnuite. The name of his capital is deciphered as Narumâ or Tarumâ.

In 435 according to the Liu Sung annals[378] a king of Ja-va-da named

Shih-li-pa-da-do-a-la-pa-mo sent tribute to China. The king's name

probably represents a Sanskrit title beginning with Śrî-Pâda and it is

noticeable that two footprints are carved on the stones which bear

Pûrṇavarman's inscriptions. Also Sanskrit inscriptions found at

Koetei on the east coast of Borneo and considered to be not later than

the fifth century record the piety and gifts to Brahmans of a King

Mûlavarman and mention his father and grandfather[379].

It follows from these somewhat disjointed facts that the name of

Yava-dvîpa was known in India soon after the Christian era, and that

by the fifth century Hindu or hinduized states had been established in

Java. The discovery of early Sanskrit inscriptions in Borneo and

Champa confirms the presence of Hindus in these seas. The T'ang

annals[380] speak definitely of Kaling, otherwise called Java, as

lying between Sumatra and Bali and say that the inhabitants have

letters and understand a little astronomy. They further mention the

presence of Arabs and say that in 674 a queen named Sima ascended the

throne and ruled justly.

But the certain data for Javanese history before the eighth century

are few. For that period we have some evidence from Java itself. An

inscription dated 654 Śaka ( = 732 A.D.) discovered in Kĕdoe

celebrates the praises of a king named Sanjaya, son of King Sanna. It

contains an account of the dedication of a linga, invocations of

Śiva, Brahmâ and Vishṇu, a eulogy of the king's virtue and

learning, and praise of Java. Thus about 700 A.D. there was a Hindu

kingdom in mid Java and this, it would seem, was then the part of the

island most important politically. Buddhist inscriptions of a somewhat

later date (one is of 778 A.D.) have been found in the neighbourhood

of Prambânam. They are written in the Nagari alphabet and record

various pious foundations. A little later again (809 and 840 A.D.) are

the inscriptions found on the Dieng (Dihyang), a lonely mountain

plateau on which are several Brahmanic shrines in fair preservation.

There is no record of their builders but the New T'ang Annals say that

the royal residence was called Java but "on the mountains is the

district Lang-pi-ya where the king frequently goes to look at the

sea[381]." This may possibly be a reference to pilgrimages to Dieng.

The inscriptions found on the great monument of Boroboedoer throw no

light on the circumstances of its foundation, but the character of the

writing makes it likely that it was erected about 850 and obviously by

a king who could command the services of numerous workmen as well as

of skilled artists. The temples of Prambânam are probably to be

assigned to the next century. All these buildings indicate the

existence from the eighth to the tenth century of a considerable

kingdom (or perhaps kingdoms) in middle Java, comprising at least the

regions of Mataram, Kĕdoe and the Dieng plateau. From the Arabic

geographers also we learn that Java was powerful in the ninth century

and attacked Qamar (probably Khmer or Camboja). They place the capital

at the mouth of a river, perhaps the Solo or Brantas. If so, there

must have been a principality in east Java at this period. This is not

improbable for archæological evidence indicates that Hindu

civilization moved eastwards and flourished first in the west, then in

mid Java and finally from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries in the

east.

The evidence at our disposal points to the fact that Java received

most of its civilization from Hindu colonists, but who were these

colonists and from what part of India did they come? We must not think

of any sudden and definite conquest, but rather of a continuous

current of immigration starting perhaps from several springs and often

merely trickling, but occasionally swelling into a flood. Native

traditions collected by Raffles[382] ascribe the introduction of

Brahmanism and the Śaka era to the sage Tritresta and represent the

invaders as coming from Kalinga or from Gujarat.

The difference of locality may be due to the fact that there was a

trade route running from Broach to Masulipatam through Tagara (now

Ter). People arriving in the Far East by this route might be described

as coming either from Kalinga, where they embarked, or from

Gujarat, their country of origin. Dubious as is the authority of these

legends, they perhaps preserve the facts in outline. The earliest

Javanese inscriptions are written in a variety of the Vengi script and

the T'ang annals call the island Kaling as well as Java. It is

therefore probable that early tradition represented Kalinga as the

home of the Hindu invaders. But later immigrants may have come from

other parts. Fa-Hsien could find no Buddhists in Java in 418, but

Indian forms of Mahayanism indubitably flourished there in later

centuries. The Kalasan inscription dated 778 A.D. and engraved in

Nâgari characters records the erection of a temple to Târâ and of a

Mahayanist monastery. The change in both alphabet and religion

suggests the arrival of new influences from another district and the

Javanese traditions about Gujarat are said to find an echo among the

bards of western India and in such proverbs as, they who go to Java

come not back[383]. In the period of the Hunnish and Arab invasions

there may have been many motives for emigration from Gujarat. The land

route to Kalinga was probably open and the sea route offers no great

difficulties[384].

Another indication of connection with north-western India is found in

the Chinese work _Kao Sêng Chuan_ (519 A.D.) or _Biographies of

Eminent Monks_, if the country there called Shê-p'o can be identified

with Java[385]. It is related that Guṇavarman, son of the king of

Kashmir, became a monk and, declining the throne, went first to Ceylon

and then to the kingdom of Shê-p'o, which he converted to Buddhism. He

died at Nanking in 431 B.C.

Târanâtha[386] states that Indo-China which he calls the Koki

country[387], was first evangelized in the time of Asoka and that

Mahayanism was introduced there by the disciples of Vasubandhu,

who probably died about 360 A.D., so that the activity of his

followers would take place in the fifth century. He also says that

many clergy from the Koki country were in Madhyadeśa from the time

of Dharmapâla (about 800 A.D.) onwards, and these two statements, if

they can be accepted, certainly explain the character of Javanese and

Cambojan Buddhism. Târanâtha is a confused and untrustworthy writer,

but his statement about the disciples of Vasubandhu is confirmed by

the fact that Dignâga, who was one of them, is the only authority

cited in the Kamahâyânikan[388].

The fact that the terms connected with rice cultivation are Javanese

and not loan-words indicates that the island had some indigenous

civilization when the Hindus first settled there. Doubtless they often

came with military strength, but on the whole as colonists and

teachers rather than as conquerors. The Javanese kings of whom we know

most appear to have been not members of Hindu dynasties but native

princes who had adopted Hindu culture and religion. Sanskrit did not

oust Javanese as the language of epigraphy, poetry and even religious

literature. Javanese Buddhism appears to have preserved its powers of

growth and to have developed some special doctrines. But Indian

influence penetrated almost all institutions and is visible even

to-day. Its existence is still testified to by the alphabet in use, by

such titles as Arjo, Radja, Praboe, Dipati ( = adhipati), and by various

superstitions about lucky days and horoscopes. Communal land tenure of

the Indian kind still exists and in former times grants of land were

given to priests and, as in India, recorded on copper plates.

Offerings to old statues are still made and the Tenggerese[389] are

not even nominal Mohammedans. The Balinese still profess a species of

Hinduism and employ a Hindu Calendar.

From the tenth century onwards the history of Java becomes a little

plainer.

Copper plates dating from about 900 A.D. mention Mataram. A certain

Mpoe Sindok was vizier of this kingdom in 919, but ten years later we

find him an independent king in east Java. He lived at least

twenty-five years longer and his possessions included Pasoeroean,

Soerabaja and Kediri. His great-grandson, Er-langga (or Langghya), is

an important figure. Er-langga's early life was involved in war, but

in 1032 he was able to call himself, though perhaps not with great

correctness, king of all Java. His memory has not endured among the

Javanese but is still honoured in the traditions of Bali and Javanese

literature began in his reign or a little earlier. The poem

Arjuna-vivâha is dedicated to him, and one book of the old Javanese

prose translation of the Mahabharata bears a date equivalent to 996

A.D.[390]

One of the national heroes of Java is Djajabaja[391] who is supposed

to have lived in the ninth century. But tradition must be wrong here,

for the free poetic rendering of part of the Mahabharata called

Bhârata-Yuddha, composed by Mpoe Sĕdah in 1157 A.D., is dedicated

to him, and his reign must therefore be placed later than the

traditional date. He is said to have founded the kingdom of Daha in

Kediri, but his inscriptions merely indicate that he was a worshipper

of Vishṇu. Literature and art flourished in east Java at this

period for it would seem that the Kawi Ramayana and an _ars poetica_

called Vṛitta-sañcaya[392] were written about 1150 and that the

temple of Panataran was built between 1150 and 1175.

In western Java we have an inscription of 1030 found on the river

Tjitjatih. It mentions a prince who is styled Lord of the World and

native tradition, confirmed by inscriptions, which however give few

details, relates that in the twelfth century a kingdom called

Padjadjaran was founded in the Soenda country south of Batavia by

princes from Toemapĕl in eastern Java.

There is a gap in Javanese history from the reign of Djajabaja till

1222 at which date the Pararaton[393], or Book of the Kings of

Toemapĕl and Madjapahit, begins to furnish information. The Sung

annals[394] also give some account of the island but it is not

clear to what years their description refers. They imply, however,

that there was an organized government and that commerce was

flourishing. They also state that the inhabitants "pray to the gods

and Buddha": that Java was at war with eastern Sumatra: that embassies

were sent to China in 992 and 1109 and that in 1129 the Emperor gave

the ruler of Java (probably Djajabaja) the title of king.

The Pararaton opens with the fall of Daha in 1222 which made

Toemapĕl, known later as Singasari, the principal kingdom. Five of

its kings are enumerated, of whom Vishṇuvardhana was buried in the

celebrated shrine of Tjandi Djago, where he was represented in the

guise of Buddha. His successor Śrî Râjasanâgara was praised by the

poet Prapantja[395] as a zealous Buddhist but was known by the

posthumous name of Śivabuddha. He was the first to use the name of

Singasâri and perhaps founded a new city, but the kingdom of

Toemapĕl came to an end in his reign for he was slain by Djaja

Katong[396], prince of Daha, who restored to that kingdom its previous

primacy, but only for a short time, since it was soon supplanted by

Madjapahit. The foundation of this state is connected with a Chinese

invasion of Java, related at some length in the Yüan annals[397], so

that we are fortunate in possessing a double and fairly consistent

account of what occurred.

We learn from these sources that some time after Khubilai Khan had

conquered China, he sent missions to neighbouring countries to demand

tribute. The Javanese had generally accorded a satisfactory reception

to Chinese missions, but on this occasion the king (apparently Djaja

Katong) maltreated the envoy and sent him back with his face cut or

tattooed. Khubilai could not brook this outrage and in 1292

despatched a punitive expedition. At that time Raden Vidjaja, the

son-in-law of Kĕrtanagara, had not submitted to Djaja Katong and

held out at Madjapahit, a stronghold which he had founded near the

river Brantas. He offered his services to the Chinese and after a two

months' campaign Daha was captured and Djaja Katong killed. Raden

Vidjaja now found that he no longer needed his Chinese allies. He

treacherously massacred some and prepared to fight the rest. But the

Mongol generals, seeing the difficulties of campaigning in an unknown

country without guides, prudently returned to their master and

reported that they had taken Daha and killed the insolent king.

Madjapahit (or Wilwatikta) now became the premier state of Java, and

had some permanency. Eleven sovereigns, including three queens, are

enumerated by the Pararaton until its collapse in 1468. We learn from

the Ming annals and other Chinese documents[398] that it had

considerable commercial relations with China and sent frequent

missions: also that Palembang was a vassal of Java. But the general

impression left by the Pararaton is that during the greater part of

its existence Madjapahit was a distracted and troubled kingdom. In

1403, as we know from both Chinese and Javanese sources, there began a

great war between the western and eastern kingdoms, that is between

Madjapahit and Balambangan in the extreme east, and in the fifteenth

century there was twice an interregnum. Art and literature, though not

dead, declined and events were clearly tending towards a break-up or

revolution. This appears to have been consummated in 1468, when the

Pararaton simply says that King Paṇḍansalas III left the

_Kraton_, or royal residence.

It is curious that the native traditions as to the date and

circumstances in which Madjapahit fell should be so vague, but perhaps

the end of Hindu rule in Java was less sudden and dramatic than we are

inclined to think. Islam had been making gradual progress and its last

opponents were kings only in title. The Chinese mention the presence

of Arabs in the seventh century, and the geography called _Ying-yai

Shêng-lan_ (published in 1416), which mentions Grissé, Soerabaja and

Madjapahit as the principal towns of Java, divides the inhabitants

into three classes: (_a_) Mohammedans who have come from the west,

"their dress and food is clean and proper"; (_b_) the Chinese, who are

also cleanly and many of whom are Mohammedans; (_c_) the natives who

are ugly and uncouth, devil-worshippers, filthy in food and habits. As

the Chinese do not generally speak so severely of the hinduized

Javanese it would appear that Hinduism lasted longest among the lower

and more savage classes, and that the Moslims stood on a higher

level. As in other countries, the Arabs attempted to spread Islam from

the time of their first appearance. At first they confined their

propaganda to their native wives and dependents. Later we hear of

veritable apostles of Islam such as Malik Ibrahim, and Raden Rahmat,

the ruler of a town called Ampel[399] which became the head quarter of

Islam. The princes whose territory lay round Madjapahit were gradually

converted and the extinction of the last Hindu kingdom became

inevitable[400].

3

It is remarkable that the great island of Sumatra, which seems to lie

in the way of anyone proceeding from India eastwards and is close to

the Malay peninsula, should in all ages have proved less accessible to

invaders coming from the west than the more distant Java. Neither

Hindus, Arabs nor Europeans have been able to establish their

influence there in the same thorough manner. The cause is probably to

be found in its unhealthy and impenetrable jungles, but even so its

relative isolation remains singular.

It does not appear that any prince ever claimed to be king of all

Sumatra. For the Hindu period we have no indigenous literature and our

scanty knowledge is derived from a few statues and inscriptions and

from notices in Chinese writings. The latter do not refer to the

island as a whole but to several states such as Indragiri near the

Equator and Kandali (afterwards called San-bo-tsai, the Sabaza of the

Arabs) near Palembang. The annals of the Liang dynasty say that the

customs of Kandali were much the same as those of Camboja and

apparently we are to understand that the country was Buddhist, for one

king visited the Emperor Wu-ti in a dream, and his son addressed a

letter to His Majesty eulogizing his devotion to Buddhism. Kandali is

said to have sent three envoys to China between 454 and 519.

The Chinese pilgrim I-Ching[401] visited Sumatra twice, once for

two months in 672 and subsequently for some years (about 688-695). He

tells us that in the islands of the Southern Sea, "which are more than

ten countries," Buddhism flourishes, the school almost universally

followed being the Mûlasarvâstivâda, though the Sammitîyas and other

schools have a few adherents. He calls the country where he sojourned

and to which these statements primarily refer, Bhoja or Śrîbhoja

(Fo-shih or Shih-li-fo-shih), adding that its former name was Malayu.

It is conjectured that Shih-li-fo-shih is the place later known as

San-bo-tsai[402] and Chinese authors seem to consider that both this

place and the earlier Kandali were roughly speaking identical with

Palembang. I-Ching tells us that the king of Bhoja favoured Buddhism

and that there were more than a thousand priests in the city. Gold was

abundant and golden flowers were offered to the Buddha. There was

communication by ship with both India and China. The Hinayana, he

says, was the form of Buddhism adopted "except in Malayu, where there

are a few who belong to the Mahayana." This is a surprising statement,

but it is impossible to suppose that an expert like I-Ching can have

been wrong about what he actually saw in Śrîbhoja. So far as his

remarks apply to Java they must be based on hearsay and have less

authority, but the sculptures of Boroboedoer appear to show the

influence of Mûlasarvâstivâdin literature. It must be remembered that

this school, though nominally belonging to the Hinayana, came to be

something very different from the Theravâda of Ceylon.

The Sung annals and subsequent Chinese writers know the same district

(the modern Palembang) as San-bo-tsai (which may indicate either mere

change of name or the rise of a new city) and say that it sent

twenty-one envoys between 960 and 1178. The real object of these

missions was to foster trade and there was evidently frequent

intercourse between eastern Sumatra, Champa and China. Ultimately the

Chinese seem to have thought that the entertainment of Sumatran

diplomatists cost more than they were worth, for in 1178 the emperor

ordered that they should not come to Court but present themselves in

the province of Fu-kien. The Annals state that Sanskrit writing

was in use at San-bo-tsai and lead us to suppose that the country was

Buddhist. They mention several kings whose names or titles seem to

begin with the Sanskrit word Śrî[403]. In 1003 the envoys reported

that a Buddhist temple had been erected in honour of the emperor and

they received a present of bells for it. Another envoy asked for

dresses to be worn by Buddhist monks. The Ming annals also record

missions from San-bo-tsai up to 1376, shortly after which the region

was conquered by Java and the town decayed[404]. In the fourteenth

century Chinese writers begin to speak of Su-mên-ta-la or Sumatra by

which is meant not the whole island but a state in the northern part

of it called Samudra and corresponding to Atjeh[405]. It had relations

with China and the manners and customs of its inhabitants are said to

be the same as in Malacca, which probably means that they were

Moslims.

Little light is thrown on the history of Sumatra by indigenous or

Javanese monuments. Those found testify, as might be expected, to the

existence here and there of both Brahmanism and Buddhism. In 1343 a

Sumatran prince named Adityavarman, who was apparently a vassal of

Madjapahit, erected an image of Manjuśrî at Tjandi Djago and in

1375 one of Amoghapâśa.

4

The Liang and T'ang annals both speak of a country called Po-li,

described as an island lying to the south-east of Canton. Groeneveldt

identified it with Sumatra, but the account of its position suggests

that it is rather to be found in Borneo, parts of which were undoubtedly

known to the Chinese as Po-lo and Pu-ni[406]. The Liang annals state

that Po-li sent an embassy to the Emperor Wu-ti in 518 bearing a letter

which described the country as devoted to Buddhism and frequented by

students of the three vehicles. If the letter is an authentic document

the statements in it may still be exaggerations, for the piety of Wu-ti

was well known and it is clear that foreign princes who addressed him

thought it prudent to represent themselves and their subjects as fervent

Buddhists. But there certainly was a Hindu period in Borneo, of which

some tradition remains among the natives[407], although it ended earlier

and left fewer permanent traces than in Java and elsewhere.

The most important records of this period are three Sanskrit

inscriptions found at Koetei on the east coast of Borneo[408]. They

record the donations made to Brahmans by King Mûlavarman, son of

Aśvavarman and grandson of Kuṇḍagga. They are not dated, but Kern

considers for palæographical reasons that they are not later than the

fifth century. Thus, since three generations are mentioned, it is

probable that about 400 A.D. there were Hindu princes in Borneo. The

inscriptions testify to the existence of Hinduism there rather than of

Buddhism: in fact the statements in the Chinese annals are the only

evidence for the latter. But it is most interesting to find that these

annals give the family name of the king of Poli as Kauṇḍinya[409]

which no doubt corresponds to the Kuṇḍagga of the Koetei inscription.

At least one if not two of the Hindu invaders of Camboja bore this name,

and we can hardly be wrong in supposing that members of the same great

family became princes in different parts of the Far East. One

explanation of their presence in Borneo would be that they went thither

from Camboja, but we have no record of expeditions from Camboja and if

adventurers started thence it is not clear why they went to the _east_

coast of Borneo. It would be less strange if Kaundinyas emigrating from

Java reached both Camboja and Koetei. It is noticeable that in Java,

Koetei, Champa and Camboja alike royal names end in _varman_.

5

The architectural monuments of Java are remarkable for their size,

their number and their beauty. Geographically they fall into two chief

groups, the central (Boroboedoer, Prambanan, Dieng plateau, etc.) in

or near the kingdom of Mataram and the eastern (Tjandi Djago,

Singasari, Panataran, etc.) lying not at the extremity of the island

but chiefly to the south of Soerabaja. No relic of antiquity deserving

to be called a monument has been found in western Java for the records

left by Pûrnavarman (_c_. 400 A.D.) are merely rocks bearing

inscriptions and two footprints, as a sign that the monarch's

triumphal progress is compared to the three steps of Vishṇu.

The earliest dated (779 A.D.) monument in mid Java, Tjandi Kalasan, is

Buddhist and lies in the plain of Prambanan. It is dedicated to Târâ

and is of a type common both in Java and Champa, namely a chapel

surmounted by a tower. In connection with it was erected the

neighbouring building called Tjandi Sari, a two-storied monastery for

Mahayanist monks. Not far distant is Tjandi Sevu, which superficially

resembles the 450 Pagodas of Mandalay, for it consists of a central

cruciform shrine surrounded by about 240 smaller separate chapels,

everyone of which, apparently, contained the statue of a Dhyâni

Buddha. Other Buddhist buildings in the same region are Tjandi

Plaosan, and the beautiful chapel known as Tjandi Mendut in which are

gigantic seated images of the Buddha, Manjuśrî and Avalokita. The

face of the last named is perhaps the most exquisite piece of work

ever wrought by the chisel of a Buddhist artist.

It is not far from Mendut to Boroboedoer, which deserves to be

included in any list of the wonders of the world. This celebrated

stûpa--for in essence it is a highly ornamented stûpa with galleries

of sculpture rising one above the other on its sides--has been often

described and can be described intelligibly only at considerable

length. I will therefore not attempt to detail or criticize its

beauties but will merely state some points which are important for our

purpose.

It is generally agreed that it must have been built about 850 A.D.,

but obviously the construction lasted a considerable time and there

are indications that the architects altered their original plan. The

unknown founder must have been a powerful and prosperous king for

no one else could have commanded the necessary labour. The stûpa shows

no sign of Brahmanic influence. It is purely Buddhist and built for

purposes of edification. The worshippers performed pradakshiṇâ by

walking round the galleries, one after the other, and as they did so

had an opportunity of inspecting some 2000 reliefs depicting the

previous births of Śakyamuni, his life on earth and finally the

mysteries of Mahayanist theology. As in Indian pilgrim cities, temple

guides were probably ready to explain the pictures.

The selection of reliefs is not due to the artists' fancy but aims at

illustrating certain works. Thus the scenes of the Buddha's life reproduce

in stone the story of the Lalita Vistara[410] and the Jâtaka pictures are

based on the Divyâvadâna. It is interesting to find that both these works

are connected with the school of the Mûlasarvâstivâdins, which according

to I-Ching was the form of Buddhism prevalent in the archipelago. In the

third gallery the figure of Maitreya is prominent and often seems to be

explaining something to a personage who accompanies him. As Maitreya is

said to have revealed five important scriptures to Asaṇga, and as there

is a tradition that the east of Asia was evangelized by the disciples of

Asaṇga or Vasubandhu, it is possible that the delivery and progress of

Maitreya's revelation is here depicted. The fourth gallery seems to deal

with the five superhuman Buddhas[411], their paradises and other

supra-mundane matters, but the key to this series of sculptures has not

yet been found. It is probable that the highest storey proved to be too

heavy in its original form and that the central dagoba had to be reduced

lest it should break the substructure. But it is not known what image or

relic was preserved in this dagoba. Possibly it was dedicated to Vairocana

who was regarded as the Supreme Being and All-God by some Javanese

Buddhists[412].

The creed here depicted in stone seems to be a form of Mahayanism.

Śâkyamuni is abundantly honoured but there is no representation of

his death. This may be because the Lalita Vistara treats only of his

early career, but still the omission is noteworthy. In spite of the

importance of Śâkyamuni, a considerable if mysterious part is

played by the five superhuman Buddhas, and several Bodhisattvas,

especially Maitreya, Avalokita and Manjuśrî. In the celestial

scenes we find numerous Bodhisattvas both male and female, yet the

figures are hardly Tantric and there is no sign that any of the

personages are Brahmanic deities.

Yet the region was not wholly Buddhist. Not far from Boroboedoer and

apparently of about the same age is the Sivaite temple of Banon, and

the great temple group of Prambanam is close to Kalasan and to the

other Buddhist shrines mentioned above. It consists of eight temples

of which four are dedicated to Brahmâ, Śiva, Vishṇu and Nandi

respectively, the purpose of the others being uncertain. The largest

and most decorated is that dedicated to Śiva, containing four

shrines in which are images of the god as Mahâdeva and as Guru, of

Ganeśa and of Durgâ. The balustrade is ornamented with a series of

reliefs illustrating the Ramayana. These temples, which appear to be

entirely Brahmanic, approach in style the architecture of eastern Java

and probably date from the tenth century, that is about a century

later than the Buddhist monuments. But there is no tradition or other

evidence of a religious revolution.

The temples on the Dieng plateau are also purely Brahmanic and

probably older, for though we have no record of their foundation, an

inscribed stone dated 800 A.D. has been found in this district. The

plateau which is 6500 feet high was approached by paved roads or

flights of stairs on one of which about 4000 steps still remain.

Originally there seem to have been about 40 buildings on the plateau

but of these only eight now exist besides several stone foundations

which supported wooden structures. The place may have been a temple

city analogous to Girnar or Śatrunjaya, but it appears to have been

deserted in the thirteenth century, perhaps in consequence of volcanic

activity. The Dieng temples are named after the heroes of the

Mahabharata (Tjandi Ardjuno, Tjandi Bimo, etc.), but these appear to

be late designations. They are rectangular towerlike shrines with

porches and a single cellule within. Figures of Brahma, Śiva and

Vishṇu have been discovered, as well as spouts to carry off the

libation water.

Before leaving mid Java I should perhaps mention the relatively modern

(1435-1440 A.D.) temples of Suku. I have not seen these buildings, but

they are said to be coarse in execution and to indicate that they were

used by a debased sect of Vishṇuites. Their interest lies in the

extraordinary resemblance which they bear to the temples of Mexico and

Yucatan, a resemblance "which no one can fail to observe, though no

one has yet suggested any hypothesis to account for it[413]."

The best known and probably the most important monuments of eastern

Java are Panataran, Tjandi Djago and Tjandi Singasari[414].

The first is considered to date from about 1150 A.D. It is practically

a three-storied pyramid with a flat top. The sides of the lowest

storey are ornamented with a series of reliefs illustrating portions

of the Ramayana, local legends and perhaps the exploits of Krishna,

but this last point is doubtful[415]. This temple seems to indicate

the same stage of belief as Prambanam. It shows no trace of Buddhism

and though Śiva was probably the principal deity, the scenes

represented in its sculptures are chiefly Vishṇuite.

Tjandi Djago is in the province of Pasoeroean. According to the

Pararaton and the Nâgarakrĕtâgama[416], Vishṇuvardhana, king of

Toemapĕl, was buried there. As he died in 1272 or 1273 A.D. and the

temple was already in existence, we may infer that it dates from at

least 1250. He was represented there in the form of Sugata (that is

the Buddha) and at Waleri in the form of Śiva. Here we have the

custom known also in Champa and Camboja of a deceased king being

represented by a statue with his own features but the attributes of

his tutelary deity. It is strange that a king named after Vishṇu

should be portrayed in the guise of Śiva and Buddha. But in spite

of this impartiality, the cult practised at Tjandi Djago seems to have

been not a mixture but Buddhism of a late Mahayanist type. It was

doubtless held that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are identical with

Brahmanic deities, but the fairly numerous pantheon discovered in or

near the ruins consists of superhuman Buddhas and Bodhisattvas with

their spouses[417].

In form Tjandi Djago has somewhat the appearance of a three-storied

pyramid but the steps leading up to the top platform are at one end

only and the shrine instead of standing in the centre of the platform

is at the end opposite to the stairs. The figures in the reliefs are

curiously square and clumsy and recall those of Central America.

Tjandi Singasari, also in the province of Pasoeroean, is of a different

form. It is erected on a single low platform and consists of a plain

rectangular building surmounted by five towers such as are also found in

Cambojan temples. There is every reason to believe that it was erected

in 1278 A.D. in the reign of Krĕtanâgara, the last king of Toemapĕl, and

that it is the temple known as Śiva-buddhâlaya in which he was

commemorated under the name of Śiva-buddha. An inscription found close

by relates that in 1351 A.D. a shrine was erected on behalf of the royal

family in memory of those who died with the king[418].

The Nâgarakrĕtagama represents this king as a devout Buddhist but his

very title Śivabuddha shows how completely Sivaism and Buddhism were

fused in his religion. The same work mentions a temple in which the

lower storey was dedicated to Śiva and the upper to Akshobhya: it also

leads us to suppose that the king was honoured as an incarnation of

Akshobhya even during his life and was consecrated as a Jina under the

name of Śrîjnânabajreśvara[419]. The Singasari temple is less ornamented

with reliefs than the others described but has furnished numerous

statues of excellent workmanship which illustrate the fusion of the

Buddhist and Sivaite pantheons. On the one side we have Prajnâpâramitâ,

Manjuśrî and Târâ, on the other Ganeśa, the Linga, Śiva in various forms

(Guru, Nandîsvara, Mahâkâla, etc.), Durgâ and Brahmâ. Not only is the

Sivaite element predominant but the Buddhist figures are concerned less

with the veneration of the Buddha than with accessory mythology.

Javanese architecture and sculpture are no doubt derived from India,

but the imported style, whatever it may have been, was modified by

local influences and it seems impossible at present to determine

whether its origin should be sought on the eastern or western side of

India. The theory that the temples on the Dieng plateau are Chalukyan

buildings appears to be abandoned but they and many others in Java

show a striking resemblance to the shrines found in Champa. Javanese

architecture is remarkable for the complete absence not only of

radiating arches but of pillars, and consequently of large halls. This

feature is no doubt due to the ever present danger of earthquakes.

Many reliefs, particularly those of Panataran, show the influence of a

style which is not Indian and may be termed, though not very

correctly, Polynesian. The great merit of Javanese sculpture lies in

the refinement and beauty of the faces. Among figures executed in

India it would be hard to find anything equal in purity and delicacy

to the Avalokita of Mendut, the Manjuśri now in the Berlin Museum

or the Prajñâpâramitâ now at Leyden.

6

From the eleventh century until the end of the Hindu period Java can

show a considerable body of literature, which is in part theological.

It is unfortunate that no books dating from an earlier epoch should be

extant. The sculptures of Prambanam and Boroboedoer clearly presuppose

an acquaintance with the Ramayana, the Lalita Vistara and other

Buddhist works but, as in Camboja, this literature was probably known

only in the original Sanskrit and only to the learned. But it is not

unlikely that the Javanese adaptations of the Indian epics which have

come down to us were preceded by earlier attempts which have

disappeared.

The old literary language of Java is commonly known as Båså Kawi or

Kawi, that is the language of poetry[420]. It is however simply

the predecessor of modern Javanese and many authorities prefer to

describe the language of the island as Old Javanese before the

Madjapahit period, Middle-Javanese during that period and New Javanese

after the fall of Madjapahit. The greater part of this literature

consists of free versions of Sanskrit works or of a substratum in

Sanskrit accompanied by a Javanese explanation. Only a few Javanese

works are original, that is to say not obviously inspired by an Indian

prototype, but on the other hand nearly all of them handle their

materials with freedom and adapt rather than translate what they

borrow.

One of the earliest works preserved appears to be the Tantoe

Panggĕlaran, a treatise on cosmology in which Indian and native

ideas are combined. It is supposed to have been written about 1000

A.D. Before the foundation of Madjapahit Javanese literature

flourished especially in the reigns of Erlangga and Djajabaja, that is

in the eleventh and twelfth centuries respectively. About the time of

Erlangga were produced the old prose version of the Mahabharata, in

which certain episodes of that poem are rendered with great freedom

and the poem called Arjuna-vivâha, or the marriage of Arjuna.

The Bhâratayuddha[421], which states that it was composed by Mpoe

Sedah in 1157 by order of Djajabaja, prince of Kediri, is, even more

than the prose version mentioned above, a free rendering of parts of

the Mahabharata. It is perhaps based on an older translation preserved

in Bali[422]. The Kawi Ramayana was in the opinion of Kern composed

about 1200 A.D. It follows in essentials the story of the Ramayana,

but it was apparently composed by a poet unacquainted with Sanskrit

who drew his knowledge from some native source now unknown[423]. He

appears to have been a Sivaite. To the eleventh century are also

referred the Smaradahana and the treatise on prosody called

Vrittasañcaya. All this literature is based upon classical Sanskrit

models and is not distinctly Buddhist although the prose version of

the Mahabharata states that it was written for Brahmans, Sivaites and

Buddhists[424]. Many other translations or adaptations of Sanskrit

work are mentioned, such as the Nîtiśâstra, the Sârasamuccaya, the

Tantri (in several editions), a prose translation of the

Brahmândapurâṇa, together with grammars and dictionaries. The

absence of dates makes it difficult to use these works for the history

of Javanese thought. But it seems clear that during the Madjapahit

epoch, or perhaps even before it, a strong current of Buddhism

permeated Javanese literature, somewhat in contrast with the tone of

the works hitherto cited. Brandes states that the Sutasoma,

Vighnotsava, Kuñjarakarna, Sang Hyang Kamahâyânikan, and Buddhapamutus

are purely Buddhist works and that the Tjantakaparva, Arjunavijaya,

Nâgarakrĕtagama, Wariga and Bubukshah show striking traces of

Buddhism[425]. Some of these works are inaccessible to me but two of

them deserve examination, the Sang Hyang Kamahâyânikan[426] and the

story of Kuñjarakarṇa[427]. The first is tentatively assigned to

the Madjapahit epoch or earlier, the second with the same caution to

the eleventh century. I do not presume to criticize these dates which

depend partly on linguistic considerations. The Kamahâyânikan is a

treatise (or perhaps extracts from treatises) on Mahayanism as

understood in Java and presumably on the normal form of Mahayanism.

The other work is an edifying legend including an exposition of the

faith by no one less than the Buddha Vairocana. In essentials it

agrees with the Kamahâyânikan but in details it shows either sectarian

influence or the idiosyncrasies of the author.

The Kamahâyânikan consists of Sanskrit verses explained by a

commentary in old Javanese and is partly in the form of questions and

answers. The only authority whom it cites is Dignâga. It professes to

teach the Mahâyâna and Mantrâyana, which is apparently a misspelling

for Mantrayâna. The emphasis laid on Bajra (that is vajra or dorje),

ghantâ, mudrâ, maṇḍala, mystic syllables, and Devîs marks it as

an offshoot of Tantrism and it offers many parallels to Nepalese

literature. On the other hand it is curious that it uses the form

Nibâṇa not Nirvâṇa[428]. Its object is to teach a neophyte,

who has to receive initiation, how to become a Buddha[429]. In the

second part the pupil is addressed as Jinaputra, that is son of the

Buddha or one of the household of faith. He is to be moderate but not

ascetic in food and clothing: he is not to cleave to the Purâṇas

and Tantras but to practise the Pâramitâs. These are defined first as

six[430] and then four others are added[431]. Under Prajñâpâramitâ is

given a somewhat obscure account of the doctrine of Śûnyatâ. Then

follows the exposition of Paramaguhya (the highest secret) and

Mahâguhya (the great secret). The latter is defined as being Yoga, the

bhâvanâs, the four noble truths and the ten pâramitâs. The former

explains the embodiment of Bhaṭâra Viśesha, that is to say the

way in which Buddhas, gods and the world of phenomena are evolved from

a primordial principle, called Advaya and apparently equivalent to the

Nepalese Adibuddha[432]. Advaya is the father of Buddha and

Advayajñâna, also called Bharâlî Prajñâpâramitâ, is his mother, but

the Buddha principle at this stage is also called Divarûpa. In the

next stage this Divarûpa takes form as Śâkyamuni, who is regarded

as a superhuman form of Buddhahood rather than as a human teacher, for

he produces from his right and left side respectively Lokeśvara and

Bajrapâni. These beings produce, the first Akshobhya and

Ratnasambhava, the second Amitâbha and Amoghasiddhi, but Vairocana

springs directly from the face of Śâkyamuni. The five superhuman

Buddhas are thus accounted for. From Vairocana spring Iśvara

(Śiva), Brahmâ, and Vishṇu: from them the elements, the human

body and the whole world. A considerable part of the treatise is

occupied with connecting these various emanations of the Advaya with

mystic syllables and in showing how the five Buddhas correspond to the

different skandas, elements, senses, etc. Finally we are told that

there are five Devîs, or female counterparts corresponding in the same

order to the Buddhas named above and called Locanâ, Mâmakî,

Pâṇḍaravâsinî, Târâ and Dhâtvîśvarî. But it is declared that

the first and last of these are the same and therefore there are

really only four Devîs.

The legend of Kuñjarakarṇa relates how a devout Yaksha of that name

went to Bodhicitta[433] and asked of Vairocana instruction in the holy

law and more especially as to the mysteries of rebirth. Vairocana did

not refuse but bade his would-be pupil first visit the realms of Yama,

god of the dead. Kuñjarakarṇa did so, saw the punishments of the

underworld, including the torments prepared for a friend of his, whom

he was able to warn on his return. Yama gave him some explanations

respecting the alternation of life and death and he was subsequently

privileged to receive a brief but more general exposition of doctrine

from Vairocana himself.

This doctrine is essentially a variety of Indian pantheism but

peculiar in its terminology inasmuch as Vairocana, like Kṛishṇa

in the Bhagavad-gîtâ, proclaims himself to be the All-God and not

merely the chief of the five Buddhas. He quotes with approval the

saying "you are I: I am you" and affirms the identity of Buddhism and

Śivaism. Among the monks[434] there are no _muktas_ (_i.e._ none

who have attained liberation) because they all consider as two what is

really one. "The Buddhists say, we are Bauddhas, for the Lord Buddha

is our highest deity: we are not the same as the Śivaites, for the

Lord Śiva is for them the highest deity." The Śivaites are

represented as saying that the five Kuśikas are a development or

incarnations of the five Buddhas. "Well, my son" is the conclusion,

"These are all one: we are Śiva, we are Buddha."

In this curious exposition the author seems to imply that his doctrine

is different from that of ordinary Buddhists, and to reprimand them

more decidedly than Śivaites. He several times uses the phrase

_Namo Bhaṭâra, namaḥ Śivâya_ (Hail, Lord: hail to Śiva)

yet he can hardly be said to favour the Śivaites on the whole, for

his All-God is Vairocana who once (but only once) receives the title

of Buddha. The doctrine attributed to the Śivaites that the five

Kusikas are identical with the superhuman Buddhas remains

obscure[435]. These five personages are said to be often mentioned in

old Javanese literature but to be variously enumerated[436]. They

are identified with the five Indras, but these again are said to be

the five senses (indriyas). Hence we can find a parallel to this

doctrine in the teaching of the Kamahâyânikan that the five Buddhas

correspond to the five senses.

Two other special theses are enounced in the story of Kuñjarakarṇa.

The first is Vairocana's analysis of a human being, which makes it

consist of five Atmans or souls, called respectively Atman,

Cetanâtman, Parâtman, Nirâtman and Antarâtman, which somehow

correspond to the five elements, five senses and five Skandhas. The

singular list suggests that the author was imperfectly acquainted with

the meaning of the Sanskrit words employed and the whole terminology

is strange in a Buddhist writer. Still in the later Upanishads[437]

the epithet pancâtmaka is applied to the human body, especially in the

Garbha Upanishad which, like the passage here under consideration,

gives a psychophysiological explanation of the development of an

embryo into a human being.

The second thesis is put in the mouth of Yama. He states that when a

being has finished his term in purgatory he returns to life in this

world first as a worm or insect, then successively as a higher animal

and a human being, first diseased or maimed and finally perfect. No

parallel has yet been quoted to this account of metempsychosis.

Thus the Kuñjarakarṇa contains peculiar views which are probably

sectarian or individual. On the other hand their apparent singularity

may be due to our small knowledge of old Javanese literature. Though

other writings are not known to extol Vairocana as being Śiva and

Buddha in one, yet they have no scruple in identifying Buddhist and

Brahmanic deities or connecting them by some system of emanations, as

we have already seen in the Kamahâyânikan. Such an identity is still

more definitely proclaimed in the old Javanese version of the Sutasoma

Jâtaka[438]. It is called Purushâda-Śânta and was composed by

Tantular who lived at Madjapahit in the reign of Râjasanagara

(1350-1389 A.D.). In the Indian original Sutasoma is one of the

previous births of Gotama. But the Javanese writer describes him as an

Avatâra of the Buddha who is Brahmâ, Vishṇu and Iśvara, and he

states that "The Lord Buddha is not different from Śiva the king of

the gods.... They are distinct and they are one. In the Law is no

dualism." The superhuman Buddhas are identified with various Hindu

gods and also with the five senses. Thus Amitâbha is Mahâdeva and

Amoghasiddhi is Vishṇu. This is only a slight variation of the

teaching in the Kamahâyânikan. There Brahmanic deities emanate from

Śâkyamuni through various Bodhisattvas and Buddhas: here the Buddha

spirit is regarded as equivalent to the Hindu Trimûrti and the various

aspects of this spirit can be described in either Brahmanic or

Buddhistic terminology though in reality all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and

gods are one. But like the other authors quoted, Tantular appears to

lean to the Buddhist side of these equations, especially for didactic

purposes. For instance he says that meditation should be guided "by

Lokeśvara's word and Śâkyamuni's spirit."

7

Thus it will be seen that if we take Javanese epigraphy, monuments and

literature together with Chinese notices, they to some extent confirm

one another and enable us to form an outline picture, though with many

gaps, of the history of thought and religion in the island. Fa-Hsien

tells us that in 418 A.D. Brahmanism flourished (as is testified by

the inscriptions of Pûrṇavarman) but that the Buddhists were not

worth mentioning. Immediately afterwards, probably in 423,

Guṇavarman is said to have converted Shê-po, if that be Java, to

Buddhism, and as he came from Kashmir he was probably a Sarvâstivâdin.

Other monks are mentioned as having visited the southern seas[439].

About 690 I-Ching says that Buddhism of the Mûlasarvâstivâdin school

was flourishing in Sumatra, which he visited, and in the other islands

of the Archipelago. The remarkable series of Buddhist monuments in mid

Java extending from about 779 to 900 A.D. confirms his statement.

But two questions arise. Firstly, is there any explanation of this

sudden efflorescence of Buddhism in the Archipelago, and next, what

was its doctrinal character? If, as Târanâtha says, the disciples of

Vasubandhu evangelized the countries of the East, their influence

might well have been productive about the time of I-Ching's visit. But

in any case during the sixth and seventh centuries religious

travellers must have been continually journeying between India and

China, in both directions, and some of them must have landed in the

Archipelago. At the beginning of the sixth century Buddhism was not

yet decadent in India and was all the fashion in China. It is not

therefore surprising if it was planted in the islands lying on the

route. It may be, as indicated above, that some specially powerful

body of Hindus coming from the region of Gujarat and professing

Buddhism founded in Java a new state.

As to the character of this early Javanese Buddhism we have the

testimony of I-Ching that it was of the Mûlasarvâstivâdin school and

Hinayanist. He wrote of what he had seen in Sumatra but of what he

knew only by hearsay in Java and his statement offers some

difficulties. Probably Hinayanism was introduced by Guṇavarman but

was superseded by other teachings which were imported from time to

time after they had won for themselves a position in India. For the

temple of Kalasan (A.D. 779) is dedicated to Târâ and the inscription

found there speaks of the Mahayana with veneration. The later Buddhism

of Java has literary records which, so far as I know, are unreservedly

Mahayanist but probably the sculptures of Boroboedoer are the most

definite expression which we shall ever have of its earlier phases.

Since they contain images of the five superhuman Buddhas and of

numerous Bodhisattvas, they can hardly be called anything but

Mahayanist. But on the other hand the personality of Śâkyamuni is

emphasized; his life and previous births are pictured in a long series

of sculptures and Maitreya is duly honoured. Similar collections of

pictures and images may be seen in Burma which differ doctrinally from

those in Java chiefly by substituting the four human Buddhas[440] and

Maitreya for the superhuman Buddhas. But Mahayanist teaching declares

that these human Buddhas are reflexes of counterparts of the

superhuman Buddhas so that the difference is not great.

Mahayanist Buddhism in Camboja and at a later period in Java itself

was inextricably combined with Hinduism, Buddha being either directly

identified with Śiva or regarded as the primordial spirit from

which Śiva and all gods spring. But the sculptures of Boroboedoer

do not indicate that the artists knew of any such amalgamation nor

have inscriptions been found there, as in Camboja, which explain this

compound theology. It would seem that Buddhism and Brahmanism

co-existed in the same districts but had not yet begun to fuse

doctrinally. The same condition seems to have prevailed in western

India during the seventh and eighth centuries, for the Buddhist caves

of Ellora, though situated in the neighbourhood of Brahmanic buildings

and approximating to them in style, contain sculptures which indicate

a purely Buddhist cultus and not a mixed pantheon.

Our meagre knowledge of Javanese history makes it difficult to

estimate the spheres and relative strength of the two religions. In

the plains the Buddhist monuments are more numerous and also more

ancient and we might suppose that the temples of Prambanan indicate

the beginning of some change in belief. But the temples on the Dieng

plateau seem to be of about the same age as the oldest Buddhist

monuments. Thus nothing refutes the supposition that Brahmanism

existed in Java from the time of the first Hindu colonists and that

Buddhism was introduced after 400 A.D. It may be that Boroboedoer and

the Dieng plateau represent the religious centres of two different

kingdoms. But this supposition is not necessary for in India, whence

the Javanese received their ideas, groups of temples are found of the

same age but belonging to different sects. Thus in the Khajraho

group[441] some shrines are Jain and of the rest some are dedicated to

Śiva and some to Vishṇu.

The earliest records of Javanese Brahmanism, the inscriptions of

Pûrnavarman, are Vishnuite but the Brahmanism which prevailed in the

eighth and ninth centuries was in the main Śivaite, though not of a

strongly sectarian type. Brahmâ, Vishṇu and Śiva were all

worshipped both at Prambanan and on the Dieng but Śiva together

with Ganeśa, Durgâ, and Nandi is evidently the chief deity. An

image of Śiva in the form of Bhaṭâra Guru or Mahâguru is

installed in one of the shrines at Prambanan. This deity is

characteristic of Javanese Hinduism and apparently peculiar to it. He

is represented as an elderly bearded man wearing a richly ornamented

costume. There is something in the pose and drapery which recalls

Chinese art and I think the figure is due to Chinese influence, for at

the present day many of the images found in the temples of Bali are

clearly imitated from Chinese models (or perhaps made by Chinese

artists) and this may have happened in earlier times. The Chinese

annals record several instances of religious objects being presented

by the Emperors to Javanese princes. Though Bhaṭâra Guru is only an

aspect of Śiva he is a sufficiently distinct personality to have a

shrine of his own like Ganeśa and Durgâ, in temples where the

principal image of Śiva is of another kind.

The same type of Brahmanism lasted at least until the erection of

Panataran (c. 1150). The temple appears to have been dedicated to

Śiva but like Prambanan it is ornamented with scenes from the

Ramayana and from Vishnuite Purânas[442]. The literature which can be

definitely assigned to the reigns of Djajabaja and Erlangga is

Brahmanic in tone but both literature and monuments indicate that

somewhat later there was a revival of Buddhism. Something similar

appears to have happened in other countries. In Camboja the

inscriptions of Jayavarman VII (c. 1185 A.D.) are more definitely

Buddhist than those of his predecessors and in 1296 Chou Ta-kuan

regarded the country as mainly Buddhist. Parakrama Bahu of Ceylon

(1153-1186) was zealous for the faith and so were several kings of

Siam. I am inclined to think that this movement was a consequence of

the flourishing condition of Buddhism at Pagan in Burma from 1050 to

1250. Pagan certainly stimulated religion in both Siam and Ceylon and

Siam reacted strongly on Camboja[443]. It is true that the later

Buddhism of Java was by no means of the Siamese type, but probably the

idea was current that the great kings of the world were pious

Buddhists and consequently in most countries the local form of

Buddhism, whatever it was, began to be held in esteem. Java had

constant communication with Camboja and Champa and a king of

Madjapahit married a princess of the latter country. It is also

possible that a direct stimulus may have been received from India, for

the statement of Târanâtha[444] that when Bihar was sacked by the

Mohammedans the Buddhist teachers fled to other regions and that some

of them went to Camboja is not improbable.

But though the prestige of Buddhism increased in the thirteenth

century, no rupture with Brahmanism took place and Pali Buddhism does

not appear to have entered Java. The unity of the two religions is

proclaimed: Buddha and Siva are one. But the Kamahâyânikan while

admitting the Trimûrti makes it a derivative, and not even a primary

derivative, of the original Buddha spirit. It has been stated that the

religion of Java in the Madjapahit epoch was Sivaism with a little

Buddhism thrown in, on the understanding that it was merely another

method of formulating the same doctrine. It is very likely that the

bulk of the population worshipped Hindu deities, for they are the gods

of this world and dispense its good things. Yet the natives still

speak of the old religion as Buddhâgama; the old times are "Buddha

times" and even the flights of stairs leading up to the Dieng plateau

are called Buddha steps. This would hardly be so if in the Madjapahit

epoch Buddha had not seemed to be the most striking figure in the

non-Mohammedan religion. Also, the majority of _religious_ works which

have survived from this period are Buddhist. It is true that we have

the Ramayana, the Bhârata Yuddha and many other specimens of Brahmanic

literature. But these, especially in their Javanese dress, are _belles

lettres_ rather than theology, whereas Kamahâyânikan and Kuñjarakarna

are dogmatic treatises. Hence it would appear that the religious life

of Madjapahit was rooted in Buddhism, but a most tolerant Buddhism

which had no desire to repudiate Brahmanism.

I have already briefly analysed the Sang Hyang Kamahâyânikan which

seems to be the most authoritative exposition of this creed. The

learned editor has collected many parallels from Tibetan and Nepalese

works and similar parallels between Javanese and Tibetan iconography

have been indicated by Pleyte[445] and others. The explanation

must be that the late forms of Buddhist art and doctrine which

nourished in Magadha spread to Tibet and Nepal but were also

introduced into Java. The Kamahâyânikan appears to be a paraphrase of

a Sanskrit original, perhaps distorted and mutilated. This original

has not been identified with any work known to exist in India but

might well be a Mahayanist catechism composed there about the eleventh

century. The terminology of the treatise is peculiar, particularly in

calling the ultimate principle Advaya and the more personal

manifestation of it Divarûpa. The former term may be paralleled in

Hemacandra and the Amarakosha, which give respectively as synonyms for

Buddha, advaya (in whom is no duality) and advayavâdin (who preaches

no duality), but Divarûpa has not been found in any other work[446].

It is also remarkable that the Kamahâyânikan does not teach the

doctrine of the three bodies of Buddha[447]. It clearly states[448]

that the Divarûpa is identical with the highest being worshipped by

various sects: with Paramaśûnya, Paramaśiva, the Purusha of the

followers of Kapila, the Nirguṇa of the Vishnuites, etc. Many names

of sects and doctrines are mentioned which remain obscure, but the

desire to represent them all as essentially identical is obvious.

The Kamahâyânikan recognizes the theoretical identity of the highest

principles in Buddhism and Vishnuism[449] but it does not appear that

Vishṇu-Buddha was ever a popular conception like Śiva-Buddha or that

the compound deity called Śiva-Vishṇu, Hari-Hara, Śaṇkara-Narâyaṇa,

etc., so well known in Camboja, enjoyed much honour in Java, Vishṇu is

relegated to a distinctly secondary position and the Javanese version of

the Mahabharata is more distinctly Śivaite than the Sanskrit text. Still

he has a shrine at Prambanan, the story of the Ramayana is depicted

there and at Panataran, and various unedited manuscripts contain

allusions to his worship, more especially to his incarnation as

Narasimha and to the Garuḍa on which he rides[450].

8

At present nearly all the inhabitants of Java profess Islam although

the religion of a few tribes, such as the Tenggarese, is still a

mixture of Hinduism with indigenous beliefs. But even among nominal

Moslims some traces of the older creed survive. On festival days such

monuments as Boroboedoer and Prambanan are frequented by crowds who,

if they offer no worship, at least take pleasure in examining the

ancient statues. Some of these however receive more definite honours:

they are painted red and modest offerings of flowers and fruit are

laid before them. Yet the respect shown to particular images seems due

not to old tradition but to modern and wrongheaded interpretations of

their meaning. Thus at Boroboedoer the relief which represents the

good tortoise saving a shipwrecked crew receives offerings from women

because the small figures on the tortoise's back are supposed to be

children. The minor forms of Indian mythology still flourish. All

classes believe in the existence of raksasas, boetas (bhûtas) and

widadaris (vidyâdharîs), who are regarded as spirits similar to the

Jinns of the Arabs. Lakshmî survives in the female genius believed

even by rigid Mohammedans to preside over the cultivation of rice and

the somewhat disreputable sect known as Santri Birahis are said to

adore devas and the forces of nature[451]. Less obvious, but more

important as more deeply affecting the national character, is the

tendency towards mysticism and asceticism. What is known as

ngelmoe[452] plays a considerable part in the religious life of the

modern Javanese. The word is simply the Arabic 'ilm (or knowledge)

used in the sense of secret science. It sometimes signifies mere magic

but the higher forms of it, such as the _ngelmoe peling_, are said

to teach that the contemplative life is the way to the knowledge of

God and the attainment of supernatural powers. With such ngelmoe

is often connected a belief in metempsychosis, in the illusory nature

of the world, and in the efficacy of regulating the breath. Asceticism

is still known under the name of tåpå and it is said that there are

many recluses who live on alms and spend their time in meditation. The

affinity of all this to Indian religion is obvious, although the

Javanese have no idea that it is in any way incompatible with orthodox

Islam.

Indian religion, which in Java is represented merely by the influence

of the past on the present, is not dead in Bali[453] where, though

much mixed with aboriginal superstitions, it is still a distinct and

national faith, able to hold its own against Mohammedanism and

Christianity[454].

The island of Bali is divided from the east coast of Java only by a

narrow strait but the inhabitants possess certain characters of their

own. They are more robust in build, their language is distinct from

Javanese though belonging to the same group, and even the alphabet

presents idiosyncrasies. Their laws, social institutions, customs and

calendar show many peculiarities, explicable on the supposition that

they have preserved the ancient usages of pre-Mohammedan Java. At

present the population is divided into the Bali-Agas or aborigines and

the Wong Madjapahit who profess to have immigrated from that kingdom.

The Chinese references[455] to Bali seem uncertain but, if accepted,

indicate that it was known in the middle ages as a religious centre.

It was probably a colony and dependency of Madjapahit and when

Madjapahit fell it became a refuge for those who were not willing to

accept Islam.

Caste is still a social institution in Bali, five classes being

recognized, namely Brahmans, Kshatriyas (Satriyas), Vaisyas (Visias),

Sudras and Parias. These distinctions are rigidly observed and though

intermarriage (which in former times was often punished with death) is

now permitted, the offspring are not recognized as belonging to the

caste of the superior parent. The bodies of the dead are burned and

Sati, which was formerly frequent, is believed still to take place in

noble families. Pork is the only meat used and, as in other Hindu

countries, oxen are never slaughtered.

An idea of the Balinese religion may perhaps be given most easily by

describing some of the temples. These are very abundant: in the

neighbourhood of Boeleling (the capital) alone I have seen more than

ten of considerable size. As buildings they are not ancient, for the

stone used is soft and does not last much more than fifty years. But

when the edifices are rebuilt the ancient shape is preserved and what

we see in Bali to-day probably represents the style of the middle

ages. The temples consist of two or more courts surrounded by high

walls. Worship is performed in the open air: there are various

pyramids, seats, and small shrines like dovecots but no halls or

rooms. The gates are ornamented with the heads of monsters, especially

lions with large ears and winglike expansions at the side. The

outermost gate has a characteristic shape. It somewhat resembles an

Indian gopuram divided into two parts by a sharp, clean cut in the

middle and tradition quotes in explanation the story of a king who was

refused entrance to heaven but cleft a passage through the portal with

his sword.

In the outer court stand various sheds and hollow wooden cylinders

which when struck give a sound like bells. Another ornamented doorway

leads to the second court where are found some or all of the following

objects: (_a_) Sacred trees, especially _Ficus elastica_. (_b_) Sheds

with seats for human beings. It is said that on certain occasions

these are used by mediums who become inspired by the gods and then

give oracles, (_c_) Seats for the gods, generally under sheds. They

are of various kinds. There is usually one conspicuous chair with an

ornamental back and a scroll hanging behind it which bears some such

inscription as "This is the chair of the Bhatâra." Any deity may be

invited to take this seat and receive worship. Sometimes a stone

linga is placed upon it. In some temples a stone chair, called

padmâsana, is set apart for Sûrya. (_d_) Small shrines two or three

feet high, set on posts or pedestals. When well executed they are

similar to the cabinets used in Japanese temples as shrines for images

but when, as often happens, they are roughly made they are curiously

like dovecots. On them are hung strips of dried palm-leaves in bunches

like the Japanese _gohei_. As a rule the shrines contain no image but

only a small seat and some objects said to be stones which are

wrapped up in a cloth and called Artjeh[456]. In some temples (_e.g._

the Bale Agoeng at Singaraja) there are erections called Meru,

supposed to represent the sacred mountain where the gods reside. They

consist of a stout pedestal or basis of brick on which is erected a

cabinet shrine as already described. Above this are large round discs

made of straw and wood, which may be described as curved roofs or

umbrellas. They are from three to five in number and rise one above

the other, with slight intervals between them. (_e_) In many temples

(for instance at Sangsit and Sawan) pyramidal erections are found

either in addition to the Merus or instead of them. At the end of the

second court is a pyramid in four stages or terraces, often with

prolongations at the side of the main structure or at right angles to

it. It is ascended by several staircases, consisting of about

twenty-five steps, and at the top are rows of cabinet shrines.

Daily worship is not performed in these temples but offerings are laid

before the shrines from time to time by those who need the help of the

gods and there are several annual festivals. The object of the ritual

is not to honour any image or object habitually kept in the temple but

to induce the gods, who are supposed to be hovering round like birds,

to seat themselves in the chair provided or to enter into some sacred

object, and then receive homage and offerings. Thus both the ideas and

ceremonial are different from those which prevail in Hindu temples and

have more affinity with Polynesian beliefs. The deities are called

Dewa, but many of them are indigenous nature spirits (especially

mountain spirits) such as Dewa Gunung Agung, who are sometimes

identified with Indian gods.

Somewhat different are the Durgâ temples. These are dedicated to the

spirits of the dead but the images of Durgâ and her attendant Kaliki

receive veneration in them, much as in Hindu temples. But on the whole

the Malay or Polynesian element seemed to me to be in practice stronger

than Hinduism in the religion of the Balinese and this is borne out by

the fact that the Pĕmangku or priest of the indigenous gods ranks higher

than the Pĕdanda or Brahman priest. But by talking to Balinese one may

obtain a different impression, for they are proud of their connection

with Madjapahit and Hinduism: they willingly speak of such subjects and

Hindu deities are constantly represented in works of art. Ganeśa, Indra,

Vishṇu, Kṛishṇa, Sûrya, Garuḍa and Śiva, as well as the heroes of

the Mahâbhârata, are well known but I have not heard of worship being

offered to any of them except Durgâ and Śiva under the form of the

linga. Figures of Vishṇu riding on Garuḍa are very common and a

certain class of artificers are able to produce images of all well known

Indian gods for those who care to order them. Many Indian works such as

the Veda, Mahâbhârata, Râmâyana, Brahmâpurâṇa and Nîtiśâstra are known

by name and are said to exist not in the original Sanskrit but in Kawi.

I fancy that they are rarely read by the present generation, but any

knowledge of them is much respected. The Balinese though confused in

their theology are greatly attached to their religion and believe it is

the ancient faith of Madjapahit.

I was unable to discover in the neighbourhood of Singarâja even such

faint traces of Buddhism as have been reported by previous

authors[457], but they may exist elsewhere. The expression

Śiva-Buddha was known to the Pĕdandas but seemed to have no

living significance, and perhaps certain families have a traditional

and purely nominal connection with Buddhism. In Durgâ temples however

I have seen figures described as Pusa, the Chinese equivalent of

Bodhisattva, and it seems that Chinese artists have reintroduced into

this miscellaneous pantheon an element of corrupt Buddhism, though

the natives do not recognize it as such.

The art of Bali is more fantastic than that of ancient Java. The

carved work, whether in stone or wood, is generally polychromatic.

Figures are piled one on the top of another as in the sculptures of

Central America and there is a marked tendency to emphasize

projections. Leaves and flowers are very deeply carved and such

features as ears, tongues and teeth are monstrously prolonged. Thus

Balinese statues and reliefs have a curiously bristling and scaly

appearance and are apt to seem barbaric, especially if taken

separately[458]. Yet the general aspect of the temples is not

unpleasing. The brilliant colours and fantastic outlines harmonize

with the tropical vegetation which surrounds them and suggest that the

guardian deities take shape as gorgeous insects. Such bizarre figures

are not unknown in Indian mythology but in Balinese art Chinese

influence is perhaps stronger than Indian. The Chinese probably

frequented the island as early as the Hindus and are now found there

in abundance. Besides the statues called Pusa already mentioned,

Chinese landscapes are often painted behind the seats of the Devas and

in the temple on the Volcano Batoer, where a special place is assigned

to all the Balinese tribes, the Chinese have their own shrine. It is

said that the temples in southern Bali which are older and larger than

those in the north show even more decided signs of Chinese influence

and are surrounded by stone figures of Chinese as guardians.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 369: I have not been able to find anything more than casual

and second-hand statements to the effect that Indian antiquities have

been found in these islands.]

[Footnote 370: There is no lack of scholarly and scientific works

about Java, but they are mostly written in Dutch and dissertations on

special points are more numerous than general surveys of Javanese

history, literature and architecture. Perhaps the best general account

of the Hindu period in Java will be found in the chapter contributed

by Kern to the publication called _Neerlands Indië_ (Amsterdam, 1911,

chap. VI. II. pp. 219-242). The abundant publications of the

Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen comprise

_Verhandelingen, Notulen_, and the _Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-,

Land-, en Volkenkunde_ (cited here as _Tijdschrift_), all of which

contain numerous and important articles on history, philology,

religion and archæology. The last is treated specially in the

publications called _Archaeologisch Onderzoek op Java en Madura_.

Veth's _Java_, vols. I. and IV. and various articles in the

_Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië_ may also be consulted. I have

endeavoured to mention the more important editions of Javanese books

as well as works dealing specially with the old religion in the notes

to these chapters.

Although Dutch orthography is neither convenient nor familiar to most

readers I have thought it better to preserve it in transcribing

Javanese. In this system of transcription j = y; tj = ch; dj = j; sj = sh;

w = v; oe = u.]

[Footnote 371: Râm. IV. 40. 30. Yavadvîpam saptarâjyopaśobhitam

Suvarṇarûpyakadvîpam suvarṇakaramaṇḍitam.]

[Footnote 372: Ptolemy's _Geography_, VII. 2. 29 (see also VIII. 27,

10). _Ἰαβαδίου (ἢ Σαβαδίου), ὅ σημαίνει κριθῆς, νῆσος. Εὐφορωτάτη δὲ

λέγεται ἡ νῆσος εἶναι καὶ ἔτι πλεῖστον χρυσὸν ποιεῖν, ἔχειν τε

μητρόπολιν ὄνομα Ἀργυρῆν ἐπῖ τοῖς δυσμικοῖς πέρασιν_.]

[Footnote 373: The Milinda Pañhâ of doubtful but not very late date

also mentions voyages to China.]

[Footnote 374: Groeneveldt, _Notes on the Malay Archipelago compiled

from Chinese sources_, 1876 (cited below as Groeneveldt), p. 10.

Confirmed by the statement in the Ming annals book 324 that in 1432

the Javanese said their kingdom had been founded 1376 years before.]

[Footnote 375: Kern in _Versl. en Med. K. Ak. v. W. Afd. Lett. 3 Rks_.

I. 1884, pp. 5-12.]

[Footnote 376: Chap. XL. Legge, p. 113, and Groeneveldt, pp. 6-9.]

[Footnote 377: He perhaps landed in the present district of Rembang

"where according to native tradition the first Hindu settlement was

situated at that time" (Groeneveldt, p. 9).]

[Footnote 378: Groeneveldt, p. 9. The transcriptions of Chinese

characters given in the following pages do not represent the modern

sound but seem justified (though they cannot be regarded as certain)

by the instances collected in Julien's _Méthode pour déchiffrer et

transcrire les noms sanscrits_. Possibly the syllables Do-a-lo-pa-mo

are partly corrupt and somehow or other represent Pûrṇavarman.]

[Footnote 379: Kern in _Versl. en Meded, Afd. Lett. 2 R._ XI. _D_.

1882.]

[Footnote 380: Groeneveldt, pp. 12, 13.]

[Footnote 381: Groeneveldt, p. 14.]

[Footnote 382: _History of Java_, vol. II. chap. X.]

[Footnote 383: Jackson, _Java and Cambodja_. App. IV. in _Bombay

Gazetteer_, vol. I. part 1, 1896.]

[Footnote 384: It is also possible that when the Javanese traditions

speak of Kaling they mean the Malay Peninsula. Indians in those

regions were commonly known as Kaling because they came from Kalinga

and in time the parts of the Peninsula where they were numerous were

also called Kaling.]

[Footnote 385: See for this question Pelliot in _B.E.F.E.O._ 1904, pp.

274 ff. Also Schlegel in _T'oung Pao_, 1899, p. 247, and Chavannes,

_ib_. 1904, p. 192.]

[Footnote 386: Chap. xxxix. Schiefner, p. 262.]

[Footnote 387: Though he expressly includes Camboja and Champa in

Koki, it is only right to say that he mentions Nas-gling

( = Yava-dvipa) separately in another enumeration together with Ceylon.

But if Buddhists passed in any numbers from India to Camboja and _vice

versa_, they probably appeared in Java about the same time, or rather

later.]

[Footnote 388: See Kamaha. pp. 9, 10, and Watters, _Yüan Chwang_, II.

pp. 209-214.]

[Footnote 389: They preserve to some extent the old civilization of

Madjapahit. See the article "Tengereezen" in _Encyclopaedie van

Nederlandsch-Indië._]

[Footnote 390: See Kern, _Kawi-studien Arjuna-vivâha_, I. and II.

1871. Juynboll, _Drie Boeken van het oudjavaansche Mahâbhârata_, 1893,

and _id. Wirâtaparwwa_, 1912. This last is dated Śaka 918 = 996

A.D.]

[Footnote 391: Or Jayabaya.]

[Footnote 392: See _Râmâyana. Oudjavaansche Heldendicht_, edited Kern,

1900, and _Wṛtta Sañcaya_, edited and translated by the same,

1875.]

[Footnote 393: Composed in 1613 A.D.]

[Footnote 394: Groeneveldt, p. 14.]

[Footnote 395: In the work commonly called "Nâgarakrĕtâgama" (ed.

Brandes, _Verhand. Bataav. Genootschap._ LIV. 1902), but it is stated

that its real name is "Deçawarṇnana." See _Tijdschrift_, LVI. 1914,

p. 194.]

[Footnote 396: Or Jayakatong.]

[Footnote 397: Groeneveldt, pp. 20-34.]

[Footnote 398: Groeneveldt, pp. 34-53.]

[Footnote 399: Near Soerabaja. It is said that he married a daughter

of the king of Champa, and that the king of Madjapahit married her

sister. For the connection between the royal families of Java and

Champa at this period see Maspéro in _T'oung Pao_, 1911, pp. 595 ff.,

and the references to Champa in Nâgarakrĕtagama, 15, 1, and 83, 4.]

[Footnote 400: See Raffles, chap, X, for Javanese traditions

respecting the decline and fall of Madjapahit.]

[Footnote 401: See Takakusu, _A record of the Buddhist religion_,

especially pp. xl to xlvi.]

[Footnote 402: In another pronunciation the characters are read

San-fo-chai. The meaning appears to be The Three Buddhas.]

[Footnote 403: _E.g._ Si-li-ma-ha-la-sha ( = Śrîmahârâjâ)

Si-li-tieh-hwa (perhaps = Śrîdeva).]

[Footnote 404: The conquest however was incomplete and about 1400 a

Chinese adventurer ruled there some time. The name was changed to

Ku-Kang, which is said to be still the Chinese name for Palembang.]

[Footnote 405: The Ming annals expressly state that the name was

changed to Atjeh about 1600.]

[Footnote 406: For the identification of Po-li see Groeneveldt, p. 80,

and Hose and McDougall, _Pagan Tribes of Borneo_, chap. II. It might

be identified with Bali, but it is doubtful if Hindu civilization had

spread to that island or even to east Java in the sixth century.]

[Footnote 407: See Hose and McDougall, _l.c._ p. 12.]

[Footnote 408: See Kern, "Over de Opschriften uit Koetei" in

_Verslagen Meded. Afd. Lett. 2 R. XI. D._ Another inscription

apparently written in debased Indian characters but not yet deciphered

has been found in Sanggau, south-west Borneo.]

[Footnote 409: Groeneveldt, p. 81. The characters may be read

Kau-ḍi-nya according to Julien's method. The reference is to Liang

annals, book 54.]

[Footnote 410: See Pleyte, _Die Buddhalegende in den Sculpturen von

Borobudur_. But he points out that the version of the Lalita Vistara

followed by the artist is not quite the same as the one that we

possess.]

[Footnote 411: Amitâbha, Amoghasiddhi, Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya,

Vairocana, sometimes called Dhyânî Buddhas, but it does not seem that

this name was in common use in Java or elsewhere. The Kamahâyânikan

calls them the Five Tathâgatas.]

[Footnote 412: So in the Kunjarakarna, for which see below. The

Kamahâyânikan teaches an elaborate system of Buddha emanations but for

purposes of worship it is not quite clear which should be adored as

the highest.]

[Footnote 413: Fergusson, _History of Indian and Eastern

Architecture_, ed. 1910, vol. II. p. 439.]

[Footnote 414: See _Archaeologisch Onderzoek op Java en Madura_, I.

"Tjandi Djago," 1904; II. "Tj. Singasari en Panataran," 1909.]

[Footnote 415: See Knebel in _Tijds. voor Indische T., L. en

Volkenkunde_, 41, 1909, p. 27.]

[Footnote 416: See passages quoted in _Archaeol. Onderzoek_, I. pp.

96-97.]

[Footnote 417: Hayagrîva however may be regarded as a Brahmanic god

adopted by the Buddhists.]

[Footnote 418: See for reasons and references _Archaeol. Onderzoek_,

II. pp. 36-40. The principal members of the king's household probably

committed suicide during the funeral ceremonies.]

[Footnote 419: Kern in _Tijds. voor T., L. en Volkenkunde_, Deel LII.

1910, p. 107. Similarly in Burma Alompra was popularly regarded as a

Bodhisattva.]

[Footnote 420: Sanskrit Kavi, a poet. See for Javanese literature Van

der Tuuk in _J.R.A.S._ XIII. 1881, p. 42, and Hinloopen Labberton,

_ib_. 1913, p. 1. Also the article "Litteratuur" in the _Encyc. van

Nederlandsch-Indië_, and many notices in the writings of Kern and

Veth.]

[Footnote 421: Edited by Gunning, 1903.]

[Footnote 422: A fragment of it is printed in _Notulen. Batav. Gen_.

LII. 1914, 108.]

[Footnote 423: Episodes of the Indian epics have also been used as the

subjects of Javanese dramas. See Juynboll, _Indonesische en

achterindische tooneelvoorstellingen uit het Râmâyana_, and Hinloopen

Labberton, _Pepakem Sapanti Sakoentala_, 1912.]

[Footnote 424: Juynboll, _Drie Boeken van het Oudjavaansche

Mahâbhârata_, p. 28.]

[Footnote 425: _Archaeol. Onderzoek_, I. p. 98. This statement is

abundantly confirmed by Krom's index of the proper names in the

Nâgarakrĕtâgama in _Tijdschrift_, LVI. 1914, pp. 495 ff.]

[Footnote 426: Edited with transl. and notes by J. Kat, 's Gravenhage,

1910.]

[Footnote 427: Edited with transl. by H. Kern in _Verh. der K.

Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam. Afd. Lett. N.R._ III. 3.

1901.]

[Footnote 428: But this probably represents nizbâṇa and is not a

Pali form. Cf. Bajra, Bâyu for Vajra, Vâyu.]

[Footnote 429: Adyâbhishiktâyushmanta, p. 30. Prâptam buddhatvam

bhavadbhir, _ib_. and Esha mârga varah śrîmân mahâyâna mahodayah

Yena yûyam gamishyanto bhavishyatha Tathâgatâh.]

[Footnote 430: Dâna, śîla, kshânti, vîrya, dhyâna, prajñâ.]

[Footnote 431: Maitrî, karunâ, muditâ, upekshâ.]

[Footnote 432: The Kâraṇḍavyûha teaches a somewhat similar

doctrine of creative emanations. Avalokita, Brahmâ, Śiva, Vishṇu

and others all are evolved from the original Buddha spirit and proceed

to evolve the world.]

[Footnote 433: The use of this word, as a name for the residence of

Vairocana, seems to be peculiar to our author.]

[Footnote 434: This term may include Śivaite ascetics as well as

Buddhist monks.]

[Footnote 435: See further discussion in Kern's edition, p. 16.]

[Footnote 436: As are the Panchpirs in modern India.]

[Footnote 437: Garbha. Up. 1 and 3, especially the phrase asmin

pancâtmake śarîre. Piṇḍa Up. 2. Bhinne pancâtmake dehe. Mahâ

Nâr. Up. 23. Sa vâ esha purushaḥ pancadhâ pancâtmâ.]

[Footnote 438: See Kern, "Over de Vermenging van Civaisme en Buddhisme

op Jâva" in _Vers. en Meded. der Kon. Akad. van Wet. Afd. Lett_. 3 _R.

5 Deel_, 1888.

For the Sutasomajâtaka see Speyer's translation of the Jâtakamâlâ, pp.

291-313, with his notes and references. It is No. 537 in the Pali

Collection of Jâtakas.]

[Footnote 439: See Nanjio Cat. Nos. 137, 138.]

[Footnote 440: Gotama, Kassapa, Konâgamana and Kakusandha.]

[Footnote 441: About 950-1050 A.D. Fergusson, _Hist. of Indian

Architecture_, II. p. 141.]

[Footnote 442: See Knebel, "Recherches préparatoires concernant

Krishna et les bas reliefs des temples de Java" in _Tijdschrift_, LI.

1909, pp. 97-174.]

[Footnote 443: In Camboja the result seems to have been double. Pali

Buddhism entered from Siam and ultimately conquered all other forms of

religion, but for some time Mahayanist Buddhism, which was older in

Camboja, revived and received Court patronage.]

[Footnote 444: Chap. 37.]

[Footnote 445: "Bijdrage tot de Kennis van het Mahâyâna opJava" in

_Bijd. tot de Taal Lund en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië_, 1901

and 1902.]

[Footnote 446: This use of advaya and advayavâdin strengthens the

suspicion that the origins of the Advaita philosophy are to be sought

in Buddhism.]

[Footnote 447: It uses the word trikâya but expressly defines it as

meaning Kâya, vâk and citta.]

[Footnote 448: In a passage which is not translated from the Sanskrit

and may therefore reflect the religious condition of Java.]

[Footnote 449: So too in the Sutasoma Jâtaka Amoghasiddhi is said to

be Vishṇu.]

[Footnote 450: See Juynboll in _Bijdragen tot de Taal Land en

Volkenkunde van Ned.-Indië_, 1908, pp. 412-420.]

[Footnote 451: Veth, _Java_, vol. IV. p. 154. The whole chapter

contains much information about the Hindu elements in modern Javanese

religion.]

[Footnote 452: See Veth, _l.c._ and _ngelmoe_ in _Encycl. van

Nederlandsch-Indië. _]

[Footnote 453: Also to some extent in Lombok. The Balinese were

formerly the ruling class in this island and are still found there in

considerable numbers.]

[Footnote 454: It has even been suggested that hinduized Malays

carried some faint traces of Indian religion to Madagascar. See

_T'oung Pao_ 1906, p. 93, where Zanahari is explained as Yang ( = God

in Malay) Hari.]

[Footnote 455: Groeneveldt, pp. 19, 58, 59.]

[Footnote 456: This word appears to be the Sanskrit area, an image for

worship.]

[Footnote 457: _E.g._ Van Eerde, "Hindu Javaansche en Balische

Eeredienst" in _Bijd. T.L. en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië_,

1910. I visited Bali in 1911.]

[Footnote 458: See Pleyte, _Indonesian Art_, 1901, especially the

seven-headed figure in plate XVI said to be Krishna.]