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Originally Posted by Alam Shah
Hi all,
I've took the liberty to take a snapshot from "Dhapur" for discussion. The one in Ki Hudoyo's "Keris...", I think it is from the same source. My question is, why call it "Panji Kuda"? A bit strange to me. Literally, I would have translate it as what ganjawulung did.. panji = banner, flag; kuda = horse. It might be the symbolic representation of these elements which forms the philosophy of this keris form, taking note of the uribing dilah, the naga and the barong..?  |
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Originally Posted by ganjawulung
.......... But this dhapur name is still a question, why "panji kuda"...
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Hullo everybody,
Marcokeris/AlamShah,
As no one has yet provided a translation, here is my interpretation:
The blade has three arcs/curves from the base to the tip, with a straight section in the middle. The front edge has a lion at the base while the back edge has a jungle-king-serpent's head at the base, with its tail ending almost at the tip. The base area is decorated/adorned.The segment attached to the base of the blade has a curvy/wavy shaped bottom and its tail-end is adorned with fretwork.
Alam Shah/ganjawulung,
I believe the name to be a corruption of the original words, which meant: God's Almanac.
Best,