puputan
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Balinese puputan.
Noun
puputan (plural puputans or puputan)
- (now historical) A suicidal march towards an enemy as carried out by the aristocracy or ruling class of a Balinese kingdom.
- 2009, Jeff Lewis and Belinda Lewis, Bali's silent crisis, p. 18:
- According to their own records, the Dutch believed that the royal family had determined upon a fight to the death—another puputan—which left them with no alternative but all-out assault.
- 2012, Adrian Vickers, Bali: A Paradise Created (2nd ed.), Tuttle 2012, p. 58:
- The puputan was both a sign to other kings of an end, and a way to achieve liberation of the soul by death in battle.
- 2009, Jeff Lewis and Belinda Lewis, Bali's silent crisis, p. 18:
Balinese
Etymology
From puput (“to complete, finish off, perfect”).
Pronunciation
Noun
puputan
- conclusion, bringing to an end; puputan