mendak inscription

Paul B. · 20th February 2022, 10:31 PM

Thanks Alan. Interesting explanation.
For the moment it looks like the Javanese letter Ka or Sa. In what way it is related to a number of the calender I am not sure. BTW. Before the script starts there is a O and a small space and then this script.
Whatever it all means, why would this have been done at all? To give it strenght, a blessing?
The mendak came with a Madura hilt. Doesn't mean it belongs to it anyway.

A. G. Maisey · 21st February 2022, 06:42 AM

Turn it upside down I can maybe get a cursive "dha" out of it, + something else.

The"o" ? No idea at all.

Normally these inscriptions are for protective purposes.

Its not a calendar number that we look for, its a Candra Sangkala number, each number of which represents some different things, which thing applies in a certain situation is something else again.

Paul B. · 21st February 2022, 03:12 PM

Tahnks again.The Hanacaraka Javanese script.
The circle is more like a zero perhaps.
I assume all is meant as protection.

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Paul B. Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 205	Tahnks again.The Hanacaraka Javanese script. The circle is more like a zero perhaps. I assume all is meant as protection. Attached Images

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20th February 2022, 10:31 PM	#1
Paul B. Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 205	Thanks Alan. Interesting explanation. For the moment it looks like the Javanese letter Ka or Sa. In what way it is related to a number of the calender I am not sure. BTW. Before the script starts there is a O and a small space and then this script. Whatever it all means, why would this have been done at all? To give it strenght, a blessing? The mendak came with a Madura hilt. Doesn't mean it belongs to it anyway.

21st February 2022, 06:42 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,082	Turn it upside down I can maybe get a cursive "dha" out of it, + something else. The"o" ? No idea at all. Normally these inscriptions are for protective purposes. Its not a calendar number that we look for, its a Candra Sangkala number, each number of which represents some different things, which thing applies in a certain situation is something else again.