Vvedenie. st., per. s drevneyavansk. and comments by A. A. FURSOVA Negarakertagama, or Deshavarnana, 1 is a Javanese court poem (kakavin) of the second half of the 14th century, written on palm leaves called lontar in Javanese. This is the most important and unique source on the history of the Majapahit State (1293-1527) during its heyday and hegemony in Java and the Malay Archipelago as a whole. Keywords: Negarakertagama, manuscript, translation, Majapahit, ruler, Hayam Wuruk The authorship of Negarakertagama belongs to Prapancha, who served as the supreme Buddhist cleric at the court of Hayam Wuruk (throne name-Rajasanagara, 1350-1389). According to the information contained in the poem, its writing was completed in 1365. Negarakertagama, written in the traditional Javanese literary genre kakavina 3, is interesting for us in this case It is precisely as a historical source that contains a large amount of information about various aspects of the life of the Javanese state in the period described. It contains all sorts of historical information, including descriptions of events and their dates, and a systematic analysis of which allows you to extract data on the social, political, and cultural life of Majapahit. Needless to say, the original kakavin Negarakertagama has not survived to this day. Specialists have at their disposal a manuscript discovered on November 18, 1894 by the Dutchman J. Brandes in Chakranagar, the residence of the Balinese ruler of Lombok Island. 4 The Lombok list was kept in the Leiden University Library under Codex Orientalis number 5023 until 1972, when it was returned to Indonesia. According to the information contained in two colophons to the text of the poem, it was copied in 1740 by a certain Arthapamasah from Kanchanasthan on the island of Bali. After the arrival of Islam in Java and its transformation into the dominant religion, the Javanese elite, including the scribes, emigrated en masse to Bali, which retained the features of Indo-J ... Read more