Hi Rick. The pamor that is often referred to as the "death shroud" pamor is most often called Buntel Mayit, which literally means "corpse wrapping" i believe. Alan Maisey, on his web site, however, states that he was told by Empu Suparman Supawijaya that this is an error and that the true name for this pamor is really Buntel Mayat which means "slant wrapping". If you look at this pamor that does make some sense as it describes it exactly. AFAIK this pamor is one that according to tradition is best held by men of war and that it is detrimental in the hands of others. I have heard some people claim this pamor is destructive to ALL who own it, but frankly that makes little sense to me.
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