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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.
A double-edged khanda (sword) is placed at the top of a Nishan Sahib flag as an ornament or finial. In recent years, the Khanda has been used to show solidarity within the Sikh community after high-profile shootings in the United States. [5] Another symbol that may be confused with the Khanda is the aad chand (lit.
A rapier (/ ˈ r eɪ p i ər /) is a type of sword originally used in Spain (known as espada ropera-' dress sword ') and Italy (known as spada da lato a striscia). [1] [2] [3] The name designates a sword with a straight, slender and sharply pointed two-edged long blade wielded in one hand. [4]
Japanese swords that pre-date the rise of the samurai caste include the tsurugi (straight double-edged blade) and chokutō (straight one-edged blade). [59] Japanese swordmaking reached the height of its development in the 15th and 16th centuries, when samurai increasingly found a need for a sword to use in closer quarters, leading to the ...
Heger (2008) considers two additional possibilities: the name in origin referred simply to a double-edged sword, the μάχαιρα δίστομη of the New Testament. [citation needed] fiqār is a corruption of firāq "distinction, division", and the name originally referred to the metaphorical sword discerning between right and wrong.
The jian (Mandarin Chinese:, Chinese: 劍, English approximation: / dʒ j ɛ n / jyehn, Cantonese:) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian date to the 7th century BCE, during the Spring and Autumn period, [1] one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of Goujian.
He explains it as a “two-edged sword,” noting its ability to create anonymous spaces where people can discuss religion and morality openly, ideas they might hesitate to express in person ...
A tsurugi (剣) or ken (剣) is a Japanese sword. The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword used in antiquity (as opposed to curved, single-edged swords such as the katana). [1] In Japanese the term tsurugi or ken is used as a term for all sorts of international long, double-edged swords.