Hikayat Bayan Budiman
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Hikayat Bayan Budiman is the Malay version of a tradition that begins with the Sanskrit
Śukasaptati, The Parrot's Seventy Tales, an Indian work, in which a parrot tells 70 stories in order to prevent a woman from going on the wrong path. These chain stories, like the Arabian Nights, form the crux of the Indian storytelling tradition. An unknown author compiled it in the 6th century AD.
It was later translated into Persian during ‘Ala-ud-din Khilji’s time (1296-1316) and titled Tuti Nameh
. In this process, Muslim
characters replaced the Hindu ones. Versions of this fine collection of popular tales were transported from Persian adaptations that the Malay text was translated. According to the Malay text, this translation was done by a certain Kadi Hassan in 773 AH (1371 AD).
The texts, which originally are written in classical Malay in Jawi script, has been transcribed to Rumi (Latin
) alphabet which is the standard alphabet for the modern Malay (Malay and Indonesian
).The text is the oldest text in the corpus dated 1371, which, according ro Malay Concordance Project (MCP) by Ian Proudfoot, contains 69761 words.
Jehngoh, The University of Lund, Sweden in his work Arabic Elements in Hikayat Bayan Budiman has analysed the Arabic loanwords in Hikayat Bayan Budiman.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
Śukasaptati, The Parrot's Seventy Tales, an Indian work, in which a parrot tells 70 stories in order to prevent a woman from going on the wrong path. These chain stories, like the Arabian Nights, form the crux of the Indian storytelling tradition. An unknown author compiled it in the 6th century AD.
It was later translated into Persian during ‘Ala-ud-din Khilji’s time (1296-1316) and titled Tuti Nameh
Tutinama
Tutinama, literal meaning "Tales of a Parrot", is a 14th-century Persian series of 52 stories. An illustrated version containing 250 miniature paintings was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor, Akbar in the later part of the 16th century...
. In this process, Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
characters replaced the Hindu ones. Versions of this fine collection of popular tales were transported from Persian adaptations that the Malay text was translated. According to the Malay text, this translation was done by a certain Kadi Hassan in 773 AH (1371 AD).
The texts, which originally are written in classical Malay in Jawi script, has been transcribed to Rumi (Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
) alphabet which is the standard alphabet for the modern Malay (Malay and Indonesian
Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official language of Indonesia. Indonesian is a normative form of the Riau Islands dialect of Malay, an Austronesian language which has been used as a lingua franca in the Indonesian archipelago for centuries....
).The text is the oldest text in the corpus dated 1371, which, according ro Malay Concordance Project (MCP) by Ian Proudfoot, contains 69761 words.
Jehngoh, The University of Lund, Sweden in his work Arabic Elements in Hikayat Bayan Budiman has analysed the Arabic loanwords in Hikayat Bayan Budiman.
External links
- Arabic Elements in Hikayat Bayan Budiman,
- Malay Concordance Project Hikayat Bayan Budiman