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| | The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today |
 | | For instance, the chronogram Luhuring Sembah Trusing Allah, when decoded, means 1920: luhur/noble = 0, sembah/respectful gesture = 2, trus/deep = 9, Allah/God = 1, while Ganda Kusuma Sekaring Bumi means 1999: ganda/scent = 9, kusuma/bloom = 9, sekar/flower = 9, bumi/earth = 1. |
 | | Apart from phrases, images and illustrations could also be used in representing a Javanese chronogram, and was known as sengkalan memet, or complicated chronogram. |
 | | An exceptional example can be found along the Bangsal Kemagangan, or the Hall of Royal Novices, at the Sultanate Court of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat in Yogyakarta, where two dragons are arranged back-to-back in a painting, with one facing left and the other right, with their tails entwined in the middle. |
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