Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - On the Use of Indian Terms for Identification of Weapon Types

ariel · 13th January 2016, 08:59 PM

"Loha" verified with several native speakers, both from the North and the South. "Stila" sounds like "indianized" English.

In any case, it is the homophony of "Ful" in Hindi and Farsi that is the point.

But the relation of Sukhela (var. Sakhela) to the current discussion is puzzling. The kind of steel used for its production is only one possiblilty, but Sukhela or Dhup as a specific name for a straight-bladed sword was recorded by Tarassuk & Blair in their Encyclopedia and by E. Jaiwant Paul in his book on Indian weapons. This "controversy" is nothing new.

That was even discussed here in passing years ago..
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10071

13th January 2016, 08:59 PM	#108
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	"Loha" verified with several native speakers, both from the North and the South. "Stila" sounds like "indianized" English. In any case, it is the homophony of "Ful" in Hindi and Farsi that is the point. But the relation of Sukhela (var. Sakhela) to the current discussion is puzzling. The kind of steel used for its production is only one possiblilty, but Sukhela or Dhup as a specific name for a straight-bladed sword was recorded by Tarassuk & Blair in their Encyclopedia and by E. Jaiwant Paul in his book on Indian weapons. This "controversy" is nothing new. That was even discussed here in passing years ago.. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10071 Last edited by ariel; 13th January 2016 at 09:27 PM.