Original Name:
Chinese Name:
闍婆
Notes:
One of the names used for Java in earlier Chinese texts. The term again had been used during the Tang and Song dynasties, but appears only in two MSL references of the late 14th century. Ma Huan noted that it was an earlier name for Java. (Mills 1970; 86, 216). See also Gerini (1909; 463-68, 519-20, 547-49).
For information on further Chinese sources relating to this polity, see Chen, Xie and Lu (1986; 722-24, 955-56). See also entry on Java above.