Raden Kusuma Darsono: Literary History and Noble Value on Serat Pancadriya (1899)

<em>The purpose of this article was to elucidate the origins of the Serat Pancadriya manuscript, the field of Serat Pancadriya philology, and the remarkable principles of Serat Pancadriya itself. Using a historical method, the authors applied the stages of gathering, analysing, interpreting, and writing (historiography). The Serat Pancadriya manuscript, which can be accessed online using the manuscript code NB 18 at the Khastara National Library of Indonesia, served as the primary source. The validity of the manuscript was then evaluated internally through philological approaches and theories used during the interpretation stage in order to identify the noble values found in the Serat Pancadriya. After every phase was completed, the following conclusions were reached about the composition of this article: Written by Raden Koesoemo Darsono on May 16, 1899 AD in Besuki, the Serat Pancadriya contains three noble values: philosophical, divine, politeness, and moral. Philological studies in text criticism have found writing errors in the form of lacunae, additions, ditographies, substitutions, and combinations.</em>