PHILOLOGY RESEARCH AND IRON-SPELL PROPERTIES IN SÊRATWÊSI-AJI

Abstract

This research contains six objectives. The objectives of the research were: (1) to describe the SWA manuscript inventory,(2) to describe SWA manuscript descriptions, (3) to transcribe SWA text, (4) to make transliteration and editing of SWA text, (5)to make transliterationof SWA text, (6)to describe the characteristics of iron-spell-spell in SWA text. This research uses the method of philological and descriptive research. The method of philological research is used for working on SWA texts written in Javanese script. Descriptive research method used to describe SWA text with objective. Sources of research data are manuscripts and text SWA collection Library Museum Sanabudaya Yogyakarta. Data collection techniques in this research isusing the step of philology research that is inventory of manuscript, manuscript description, text transcription, transliteration and text editing, text translation, and analysis of text isining. Data analysis using descriptive analysis technique.Validity used is intrarater reliability and interrater reliability. The results of this researchexplaining seven chapters. First,discovereda  of the SWA script stored in the Library Museum Sanabudaya Yogyakarta. Second, the SWA manuscript description is still good and intact, the writing is still clear to read. Third, make a transcription by rewriting the SWA text with a handwritten Javanese script as it is with the same script as the text. Fourth, transliteration of SWA text is done by using standard transliteration that is changing the script of Javanese script to Latin script based on the valid spelling. Fifth, text edits use standard edition text editing methods, while all the changes that are in the text edits are described in the critical apparatus. Sixth, make translations of texts done by using literal translation methods, content translation, and free translations. All the translation methods are done contextually. Words that are difficult to translate were explained in translation notes. Seventh, the content of SWA text relates to good and bad pure iron-spell characteristics. There are 18 type of good characteristics and 6 bad characteristics of iron-spell.