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Deo Langkhui (The Divine Sword) is an Assamese novel written by Dr Rita Chowdhury. The book unveils some important aspects of then-contemporary Tiwa society and a series of their customs and traditions. The novel is based on historical evidence of then Tiwa kingdom, but the protagonist is the royal lady Chandraprabha, queen of Pratapchandra.
'The Sword on the Disproved'), also known as al-Tasdiqat li-Daf' al-Talbisat (Arabic: التصديقات لدفع التلبيسات, lit. 'Endorsements Repelling Deceits'), was subsequently published in Urdu as ' Aqa'id 'Ulama' Ahl al-Sunna Deoband (The Beliefs of the Sunni Scholars of Deoband) is a book that expresses some of the beliefs held ...
Upon this, the creature assumed the form of a blazing sharp-edged sword, glowing like flames. This sword was the primordial weapon created by the deities for the destruction of evil. The name of the sword was Asi, the personification and the primary energy behind all weapons ever created.
Virabhadra devotional plaque Notes. Virabhadra was created by Shiva after Sati, Shiva's wife, immolated herself during the Daksha Yajña.. The origin of the Daksha Yajña legend lies in Taittirīya Samhita 2.6.8, where Rudra (later Shiva) was excluded from the sacrifice by the Devas, then Rudra pierced the sacrifice.
The Army Institute of Heraldry describes the War Office Seal as follows: . In the center is a Roman cuirass below a vertical unsheathed sword, point up, the pommel resting on the neck opening of the cuirass and a Phrygian cap supported on the sword point, all between on the left an espontoon and on the right a musket with fixed bayonet crossed in saltire behind the cuirass and passing under ...
The word khanda has its origins in the Sanskrit khaḍga [3] (खड्ग) or khaṅga, from a root khaṇḍ meaning "to break, divide, cut, destroy". The older word for a bladed weapon, asi, is used in the Rigveda in reference to either an early form of the sword or to a sacrificial knife or dagger to be used in war.
The patta (Marathi: दांडपट्टा) is a sword, originating from the Indian subcontinent, with a gauntlet integrated as a handguard. [1] Often referred to in its native Marathi as a dandpatta, it is commonly called a gauntlet-sword in English.
The pesh-kabz or peshkabz (Persian: پیش قبض, Hindi: पेश क़ब्ज़) [1] is a type of Indo-Persian knife designed to penetrate mail armour and other types of armour. [2] [3] [4] The word is also spelled pesh-qabz or pish-ghabz and means "fore-grip" in the Persian language; it was borrowed into the Hindustani language. [1]