Prince Madrais Alibasa Manuscript No. 36C

The manuscript No.36C is written in a notebook with blue cover. The size is 21 x 16.5 cm. The condition of paper is brittle, perforated, and yellowing. The ink penetrates to the reverse side, but the writing is still readable. In this manuscript, Prince Madrais describes about his historical life in Dutch colonization era. He had experienced many things when doing his duties. He was prosecuted, went to jail and sentenced for 7 years and fined. He got some diseases, when he was in Batavia and Bogor. He was dying and cured by a doctor. Then, he was back again to Batavia, Bandung and Tasikmalaya. Besides, in this manuscript he also described who the tempters of human beings are. The tempters are the dead people whose souls have not died yet. The soul is like the wind but not. They sneak into human body and control the soul. None can discard the desease or evil forces which become the tempter for human body and soul. They way to save this country is the fire in the kitchen. You can belive it or not. The fire can be use to get rid of the lust desease which wrapped by blood and pus mud of dead people as well as the wood animal in the world. Fire is a witness of human’s life way in the process of cultivating what are eaten and drunk. Everything happened has been written in the book of java. Therefore, without any doubt, we are subdued.

Extent and format of original material: File 36C: 36 pages of notebook.

Owner(s) of original material: Prince Djatikusumah, Ratna Gumilang Damiasih.

Author/Scribe: Prince Madrais Sadewa Alibassa Kusuma Wijayaningrat.

The material is written in Cacarakan (Sundanese-Javanese) script.