Editing Majapahit (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:011 Mojo Fruit, Candi Brahu (39533866225).jpg|thumb|left|A ''[[Aegle marmelos|maja]]'' fruit growing near Trowulan. The bitter-tasting fruit is the origin of the kingdom's name.]]
The name ''Majapahit'' (sometimes also spelled ''Mojopait'' to reflect Javanese pronunciation), derives from [[Javanese language|Javanese]], meaning "bitter ''maja''". German [[Orientalism#Oriental studies|orientalist]] [[Berthold Laufer]] suggested that the ''maja'' element comes from the Javanese name of ''[[Aegle marmelos]]'', an Indonesian tree.<ref>''The Brunei Museum Journal'', Vol. 4, Iss. 1 – p. 192</ref> Majapahit  is also referred to by the Sanskrit-derived synonym ''Wilwatikta'' ({{Langx|sa|विल्वतिक्त|lit=bitter ''maja''|translit=vilvatikta}}). Toponyms containing the word ''maja'' are common in the area in and around [[Trowulan]] (e.g. [[Mojokerto]]), as it is a widespread practice in Java to name an area, a village or settlement with the most conspicuous or abundant tree or fruit species found in that region. The 16th-century chronicle ''[[Pararaton]]'' records a legend linked to the establishment of a new settlement in the forest of Trik by [[Raden Wijaya]] in 1292.<ref name="Pararaton Brandes">{{cite book | title    = Pararaton (Ken Arok) of het boek der Koningen van tumapel en van Majapahit | last = Brandes | first    = Jan Laurens Andries | authorlink= :nl:Jan Laurens Andries Brandes | year     = 1896 | publisher= Albrecht & Rusche / M. Nijhoff | language = Dutch, Javanese}}</ref>{{rp|23, 74, 92}} It was said that the workers clearing the Trik forest encountered some ''maja'' trees and consumed their bitter-tasting fruit which then gave its name to the village.<ref name="NGI Trowulan">{{Cite web |last=Mahandis Y. Thamrin |date=September 2012 |title=10 November, Hari Berdirinya Majapahit |url=http://nationalgeographic.co.id/berita/2013/11/10-november-hari-berdirinya-majapahit |access-date=27 May 2015 |publisher=National Geographic Indonesia |language=id |archive-date=26 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526213546/http://nationalgeographic.co.id/berita/2013/11/10-november-hari-berdirinya-majapahit |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Strictly speaking, the name ''Majapahit'' refers to the kingdom's capital, but today it is common to refer to the kingdom with its capital's name. In Javanese primary sources, the kingdom as an extended territory is generally referred to not as ''Majapahit'' but rather as ''bhūmi Jawa'' ("land of Java") in [[Old Javanese]] or ''yava-dvīpa-[[mandala (political model)|maṇḍala]]'' ("country of the island of Java") in [[Sanskrit]].