[1] See, e.g., the edict, issued more than thirteen centuries ago by the Emperor Majorian, as quoted by Gibbon: Antiquarum aedium dissipatur speciosa constructio; et ut aliquid reparetur, magna diruuntur. Hinc iam occasio nascitur, etc.
[2] Strictly speaking, says Dr. Brandes in his notes to his translation of the Pararaton, or the Book of the Kings of Tumapel and Mojopahit (p. 178), there is only one babad tanah jawi, which received its final redaction about 1700. The other babads, though they may contain recapitulations of the general history of Java, treat of local affairs or of certain selected periods, as the babads Surakarta, Diponegoro, Mangkunegoro, Paku Alaman, etc.
[3] Emblem of Siva’s fructifying virility.
[4] Emblem of the fecundity of Siva’s sakti or female complement, Parvati or Uma, Doorga, Kali or whatever other name she goes by according to the nature of her manifestations.
[5] Generic name for ointments and salves, used specifically for a preparation of turmeric and coco-nut oil, which is smeared over the body on gala occasions and applied to objects held in veneration.
[6] An aloon aloon is an open square before the dwelling of a native chief; the kratons or palaces with their dependencies of the semi-independent princes in Central Java have two aloon aloons, one to the north and one to the south, on which no grass is allowed to grow.
[7] Kedaton has the same meaning as kraton, but is generally used for that part of a princely residence occupied by the owner himself with his wives, concubines and children, as distinct from the quarters of his retinue.
[8] Chandi means in its correct, restricted sense: “the stones between and under which in olden times the ashes of a burnt corpse were put,” or “a mausoleum built over the ashes of one departed” (Roorda and Gericke); by extension, in native speech, any monument of the Hindu period. The chandi Sari is supposed to have been a vihara or Buddhist monastery.
[9] A tax of f. 50 (ten pence), the payment of which secures also admission to the chandis Pawon and Boro Budoor.
[10] Thanks to Major T. van Erp of the Engineers, who conducted the work of restoration, this pious wish has been granted.