Empu Sedah
Mpu Sedah was a Javanese literary poet who wrote Kakawin Bhāratayuddha in Old Javanese. He lived during the Jayabaya reign of the Kadiri or Panjalu Kingdom in East Java. Mpu Sedah is one of Raja Jayabaya's advisers.
Empu Sedah
- Nationality
- Indonesia
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages
- Indonesian
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Biography
Mpu Sedah also had an adopted son, Aria Wiraraja, a military adviser to Raden Wijaya. According to Mpu Panuluh, Sedah was a famed author at the time, although not much is known of his life today. For unknown reasons, Mpu Sedah was unable to complete the Kakawin Bhāratayuddha and the remainder was written by Mpu Panuluh.
The recorded working language is Indonesian.
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- 1.Sudjarwo, Eko. Situs Sedah, Jejak Sang Empu dan Kesamaan Nama Dusun di Lamongan. detikNews.
- 2.Supomo, S. Bharatayuddha, An Old Javanese Poem and its Indian Sources.
- 3.Supomo, S. Bharatayuddha, An Old Javanese Poem and its Indian Sources.
- 4.Empu Sedah dan Kakawin Baratayuda. Sejarah Cirebon. 12 November 2019.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q4207786: Empu SedahWikimedia Foundation
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