[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Rāma story (Vālmīki and later versions)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana) › [Central and Southeast Asian versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.asia) › Old Javanese Rāmāyaṇa # Old Javanese Rāmāyaṇa (Kakawin Rāmāyaṇa) Kakawin Ramayana The oldest and longest Old Javanese kakawin (26 sargas), from Central Java, closely following Bhaṭṭi's Rāvaṇavadha for its first half. - **Language:** Old Javanese - **Date:** 850–950 CE - **Author:** [Yogīśvara](https://indike.org/pramana/person/yogisvara) - **Place:** Yavadvīpa (Java) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Based on - [Rāvaṇavadha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.sastra.bhattikavya) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.asia.kakawin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.asia.kakawin) · Pramāṇa