Erucakra

by Carey, Peter

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The term Erucakra is a title closely associated in Java with the concept of the ratu adil (Just King), a ruler who was expected to arise at the end of a period of chaos and socio-economic distress to establish a new rule of justice and plenty. This concept was linked with the “Jayabaya prophecies” (Ramalan Jayabaya) , which claim to be derived from Prabu Jayabaya, a twelfth-century ruler of Kediri, in east Java, and which purport to foretell the historical cycles through which Java would pass (…

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The term Erucakra is a title closely associated in Java with the concept of the ratu adil (Just King), a ruler who was expected to arise at the end of a period of chaos and socio-economic distress to establish a new rule of justice and plenty. This concept was linked with the “Jayabaya prophecies” (Ramalan Jayabaya) , which claim to be derived from Prabu Jayabaya, a twelfth-century ruler of Kediri, in east Java, and which purport to foretell the historical cycles through which Java would pass (Wiselius). These cycles

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1927

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eng Islam

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Carey, Peter

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