Significance of Beaded Edges/Borders on South Indian Weapons?

Ren Ren · 11th March 2019, 08:08 PM

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ariel · 11th March 2019, 08:12 PM

Yes, there are beadings there.
But the question we are addressing here is not their existence ( this is beyond any argument), but their sacral meaning or absence thereof.

mross · 11th March 2019, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ariel

Yes, there are beadings there.
But the question we are addressing here is not their existence ( this is beyond any argument), but their sacral meaning or absence thereof.

There is information that can be inferred from both these statements. The fact that beading is so widespread( beyond any argument; also; beads in all the great pictures in this thread) sort of points to a decorative, embellishment secular factor.

Mercenary · 11th March 2019, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ariel

Yes, there are beadings there.
But the question we are addressing here is not their existence ( this is beyond any argument), but their sacral meaning or absence thereof.

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