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# Sutasoma

Buddhist kakawin on the bodhisattva prince Sutasoma and his taming of the man-eating king Puruṣāda; source of the motto "bhinnêka tunggal ika".

- **Language:** Old Javanese
- **Date:** 1365–1390 CE
- **Author:** [Mpu Tantular](https://indike.org/pramana/person/mpu-tantular)
- **Place:** Majapahit (Trowulan)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kawi.kakawin.sutasoma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.kawi.kakawin.sutasoma) · Pramāṇa
