Mpu Panuluh was a Javanese literary poet who lived during the Jayabaya reign of the Kadiri Kingdom in

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. He is especially well known for completing writing of ''

Kakawin Bhāratayuddha Kakawin Bhāratayuddha is an Old Javanese poetical rendering of some books (''parva'') of the ''Mahabharata'' by Mpu Sedah and his brother Mpu Panuluh in Indian meters (''kāvya'' or ''Kakawin''). The commencement of this work was exactly 6 No ...

'' which was pioneered by his brother, Mpu Sedah. Mpu Panuluh also wrote ''

Kakawin Hariwangsa Kakawin Hariwangsa is an Old Javanese poem in Indian metres (''kakawin'' or '' kavya'') which tells the story of Krishna, as an Avatar of Vishnu, when he wished to marry the Goddess Rukminī, from the land of Kundina, and daughter of Lord Bhis ...

'' and Gatotkacasraya.Robson, S., (TRANS.) (2016). ''The Kakawin Ghatotkacasraya by Mpu Panuluh: Edited and Translated by Stuart Robson''. (Javanese Studies: Contributions to the Study of Javanese Literature, Culture and History; Vol. 3). Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).

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Javanese people Kediri Kingdom Indonesian male poets Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown Year of death unknown Place of death unknown 12th-century Indonesian people Hindu writers Indonesian Hindus {{Indonesia-poet-stub