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Message: <blockquote data-quote="xenoflare" data-source="post: 1458283" data-attributes="member: 12431">glossary and bibliography (i've been brain-damaged by academia!)Glossary of terms:1, keraton: palace, especially of a Javanese ruler2, jago: martial artist who uses occult knowledge to bolster his own confidence and fighting ability to secure victory in battle3, pencak silat: martial arts form developed within the Malay and Indonesian archipelago4, ilmu batin: literally “spiritual science”, a corpus of mystical meditation and moral knowledge that grants supernatural power5, rasa: literally “taste” or “feeling”, used here to convey sense of deeper intuition and inner sensitivity6, rakshasas: powerful, demonic ogres of crass aspect and foul disposition7, nagas: serpentine dragon spirits thought to reside in watery places8, garuda: sacred eagle, servant and mount of Lord Vishnu the God of Cosmic Order9, Buta Tujuh Cakil: Buta Cakil is the fanged, tusked demon whose defeat by the hero with the demon’s own dagger is instrumental to the Flower Battle sequence of Wayang Kulit. “Tujuh” just means “seven”, and this refers to the “demon with 7 tusks” – not exactly on the mark, and thus the author apologises twice, once for his lack of accuracy and again for his bastardisation of the Indonesian languages10, parang: machete-like sword with a heavy cutting forward edge11, kris: wavy-bladed dagger associated with supernatural power and nobility; the wielder or wearer is accorded social prestige and honour by the quality of his blade12, ilmu sirep: spiritual science that allows one to hypnotise others into a state of daydreaming sleep13, ilmu gaib: spiritual science referring to magical arts of enchantment in general14, lair: world of external physical phenomenon that can be perceived by the five senses, as opposed to rasa, the realm of inner awareness 15, sempok: literally, “sitting”. A low defensive stance used by Javanese silat practitioners to support themselves on uneven, wet terrain and to lull opponents into thinking they are relaxing and thus defenceless16, War of the Ashuras and Devas: in Hindu-Buddhist mythology, both Ashuras and Devas are powerful divine and celestial beings who have strong and sometimes hostile rivalries with each otherBibliography/ List of Useful Readings:(weird, i know, to see this in a story hour. but indulge me.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> )Draeger, D F. (1972) Weapons and Fighting Arts of the Indonesian Archipelago. Rutland, Vermont. Charles E Tuttle Company.Maryono, O. (2002) Pencak Silat in the Indonesian Archipelago. Yogyakarta, Indonesia.Yayasan Galang.R. Brandon, J and Guritno, P ed. (1993) On Thrones of Gold: three Javanese Shadow Plays. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press.Mulder, N (1996) Inside Southeast Asia: religion, everyday life, cultural change. 2nd edition. Amsterdam, Pepin Press.</blockquote>

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