Keris Panji Kuda

[Amuk Murugul]

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..?

Originally Posted by ganjawulung

.......... But this dhapur name is still a question, why "panji kuda"...

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,

[A. G. Maisey]

I believe the name to be a corruption of the original words, which meant: God's Almanac.

I find this idea fascinating.

Amuk Murugul, would you be so kind as to explain your line of reasoning?

Thank you.

[Sajen]

Beautiful keris and very fascinating discussion!