Translation of Indian blade inscription

bhushan_lawate · 23rd February 2012, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Emanuel

Hello,

I've asked my Telugu colleagues here in Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) and they can't read anything beyond the last 2 numbers.

Emanuel

Hi Emanuel,

Are you in Hyderabad? I've moved to Hyderabad tooo recently...!!!!

Regards,
Bhushan

A. G. Maisey · 23rd February 2012, 10:28 PM

Thank you Emanuel

laEspadaAncha · 24th February 2012, 03:23 AM

The script is not Kannada according to my wife...

Jens Nordlunde · 24th February 2012, 02:15 PM

Hi Maisey,
Besides from some rust spots on the blade

, it seems to be difficult to translate. Could you not ask your friend to send pictures of the whole dagger? Maybe it would help, if we could find a place of origin.

Runjeet Singh · 24th February 2012, 03:34 PM

It looks like 'Kanada' to me, perhaps from the Mysore armoury. Perhaps Olikara is on the forum and can help?

There are some similarities with this inscription: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=159

Regards,
Runjeet

Jens Nordlunde · 24th February 2012, 03:38 PM

Runjeet,
I believe it is Kannada as well, and the dagger you refer to, has the same kind of inscription.

laEspadaAncha · 24th February 2012, 04:26 PM

FWIW, Kannada is my wife's mother tongue, and while she admittedly does not fluently read it, she did grow up speaking it and surrounded by the language...

In the 3 1/2 years I've lived in India - all but maybe six months cumulative in Karnataka - I found I mistook Dravidian scripts for one another as often as I got them right.

Here's a link to the syllabic characters of the Kannada alphabet:

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kannada.htm

ETA: Considering there is an unquestionable similarity to at least a couple characters in the inscription, maybe another dialect or colloquial language that borrows from Kannada script, e.g., Konkani?

24th February 2012, 03:38 PM	#6
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Runjeet, I believe it is Kannada as well, and the dagger you refer to, has the same kind of inscription. Last edited by Jens Nordlunde; 24th February 2012 at 03:52 PM.

24th February 2012, 04:26 PM	#7
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	FWIW, Kannada is my wife's mother tongue, and while she admittedly does not fluently read it, she did grow up speaking it and surrounded by the language... In the 3 1/2 years I've lived in India - all but maybe six months cumulative in Karnataka - I found I mistook Dravidian scripts for one another as often as I got them right. Here's a link to the syllabic characters of the Kannada alphabet: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kannada.htm ETA: Considering there is an unquestionable similarity to at least a couple characters in the inscription, maybe another dialect or colloquial language that borrows from Kannada script, e.g., Konkani? Last edited by laEspadaAncha; 24th February 2012 at 04:39 PM.

23rd February 2012, 10:28 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	Thank you Emanuel

24th February 2012, 03:23 AM	#3
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	The script is not Kannada according to my wife...

24th February 2012, 02:15 PM	#4
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Hi Maisey, Besides from some rust spots on the blade , it seems to be difficult to translate. Could you not ask your friend to send pictures of the whole dagger? Maybe it would help, if we could find a place of origin.

24th February 2012, 03:34 PM	#5
Runjeet Singh Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Warwickshire, England Posts: 150	It looks like 'Kanada' to me, perhaps from the Mysore armoury. Perhaps Olikara is on the forum and can help? There are some similarities with this inscription: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=159 Regards, Runjeet