Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c20.s5.38

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Mpu Panuluh, who completed the Bhārata-yuddha, evidently during the reign of Jayabhaya, also composed another poetical work, Harivaṃśa,² during the same reign. This book, like its Indian prototype, deals with the abduction of Rukmiṇī by Kṛṣṇa and the consequent war with Jarāsandha and the Pāṇḍavas who helped the latter. This last episode is not in the original Indian work. Mpu Panuluh is also the author of a third poetical work, Ghaṭotkacāśraya.³ It describes the fight between Abhimanyu and Lakṣmaṇa-Kumāra over a lady named Kṣitisundarī, in which Ghaṭotkaca comes to the help of the former. This book has supplied the theme to many Wayang stories in Java and Malay Peninsula.¹