Ada Aksara di Antara Angka dan Bulatan Itu: Sakala Dihyang dan Upaya Penafsirannya

Authors

  • Abimardha Kurniawan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37014/jumantara.v12i2.1091

Keywords:

Chronogram, Sakala dihyang, Merapi-Merbabu manuscript collection

Abstract

Sakala Dihyang is a kind of chronogram that considered as puzzle in the Merapi-Merbabu manuscript collection. This article purposes to discuss the issue about how to interpret this kinds, especially through the list of the numbers, alphabets, and circles combination that found in the manuscript 6 L 107 (folio 25r) and ms. 14 L 290 (folio 16v). The amalgamation of numbers and circles in sakala dihyang constructs the series of—preciselly four—disyllabic words, arranged in aá¹…kÄnÄṃ vÄmato gatiḥ principles, the writing moves from right to left, and every disyllabic words represents a specific number. Sakala Dihyangis similar to sakala milir (in Javanese: sÄ›ngkalan lamba), a kind of chronogram used bhÅ«tasaṃkhya system, but it uses the implicit expression. The interpretation to sakal dihyang can assisted by other chorongram (mÄ›lok, milir, dan koci)  that are used in the same discourse simultaneouslly. The kakawin contains the list of words used in chronogram, i.e. CandrabhÅ«mi, is also functioned in the interpretation process. The arranging pattern of disyllabic word structureused in sakala dihyang is also become obstruction in its interpretation process—especially when it compares to CandrabhÅ«mi. Because of disyllabic structure is the necessity in sakala dihyang composition, conversely the words in candrabhÅ«mi list do not always shave disyllabic structure, and so its modification pattern is also discussed in this article.

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