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Wow!
Check out this site:
Arms, armour: weapons and accoutrements of warriors in Bharat through the ages
It's one Giant page and takes forever to load, but it is worth it.
Also some bits on a temples:
The main Buddhist cave, No. 10, at Ellora, ca. 6th cent., is dedicated to Vis'vakarma, the Vedic architect of the Gods.
hmm, that looks close to a name I've seen before.
http://iias.leidenuniv.nl/host/ccrss/cptoc.htm The Communicating Goddess of the Artisans by* Jan Brouwer http://www.iias.nl/host/ccrss/cp/cp3/cp3-The-2.html "In the towns of Mysore, Srirangapatna, Channapatna, Channa-rayapatna, Hassan, Holenarsipur, Huliyurdurga, Halgur, Magadi, Tumkur, Bangalore, Sargur and Arkalagud, the Visvakarma caste of artisans maintains small and often beautiful temples dedicated to their Goddess Kalika. In most cases these temples are called Kalika Kamateshvara Temples ( devasthana). These temples, and thus the Goddess, serve as a point of reference for all Visvakarmas of the locality irrespective of craft in which they are engaged or sub-caste to which they belong.
"The Visvakarma caste comprises blacksmiths, carpenters, coppersmiths, sculptors, and goldsmiths. The caste as a whole claims the Brahmin status. These artisans are distributed over four sub-castes in southern Karnataka. There are two non-vegetarian sub-castes: the Kulachar sub-caste of blacksmiths, carpenters and goldsmiths; and the Matachar sub-caste of coppersmiths. The other two sub-castes are vegetarian: the Sivachars are blacksmiths-cum-carpenter, coppersmiths- cum- sculptor, and goldsmiths. The members of the Uttaradi sub-caste are goldsmiths...The paramount source for the Visvakarma views on Self and Society is the secret craft lexicon. In Kannada this lexicon is called adurubasha."
??? Brahmin ??? What happened in Nepal?
A couple thumbnails of the pix related to Nepal:
"Nepal, Bhutan"
"ram dao, nepal"
Wanna see a bent blade?
Theres some khuks as well, and TONS of other stuff. Like this:
Padmavati (Jaina Yaks.i). Each of the 18 arms carries a weapon.Yaks.a and Yaks.in.i_ had a special place of reverence in the Jaina tradition. 1636 AD. Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Bronze. 18 X 15.6 X 6.6 cm. (Delhi, National Museum 85.377) J.E. Dawson, ed., 1999, Bronze Treasures of the National Museum, Delhi, National Museum.
All manner of sharp things.
Sadly some the pix don't come up bigger when clicked--the site is kinda buggy (or my browser is).
Unfortunately, the khuk pic is in that category.
The guy scanned lots of pages. He references the books by Egerton and by Stone.
Check out this site:
Arms, armour: weapons and accoutrements of warriors in Bharat through the ages
It's one Giant page and takes forever to load, but it is worth it.
Also some bits on a temples:
The main Buddhist cave, No. 10, at Ellora, ca. 6th cent., is dedicated to Vis'vakarma, the Vedic architect of the Gods.
hmm, that looks close to a name I've seen before.
http://iias.leidenuniv.nl/host/ccrss/cptoc.htm The Communicating Goddess of the Artisans by* Jan Brouwer http://www.iias.nl/host/ccrss/cp/cp3/cp3-The-2.html "In the towns of Mysore, Srirangapatna, Channapatna, Channa-rayapatna, Hassan, Holenarsipur, Huliyurdurga, Halgur, Magadi, Tumkur, Bangalore, Sargur and Arkalagud, the Visvakarma caste of artisans maintains small and often beautiful temples dedicated to their Goddess Kalika. In most cases these temples are called Kalika Kamateshvara Temples ( devasthana). These temples, and thus the Goddess, serve as a point of reference for all Visvakarmas of the locality irrespective of craft in which they are engaged or sub-caste to which they belong.
"The Visvakarma caste comprises blacksmiths, carpenters, coppersmiths, sculptors, and goldsmiths. The caste as a whole claims the Brahmin status. These artisans are distributed over four sub-castes in southern Karnataka. There are two non-vegetarian sub-castes: the Kulachar sub-caste of blacksmiths, carpenters and goldsmiths; and the Matachar sub-caste of coppersmiths. The other two sub-castes are vegetarian: the Sivachars are blacksmiths-cum-carpenter, coppersmiths- cum- sculptor, and goldsmiths. The members of the Uttaradi sub-caste are goldsmiths...The paramount source for the Visvakarma views on Self and Society is the secret craft lexicon. In Kannada this lexicon is called adurubasha."
??? Brahmin ??? What happened in Nepal?
A couple thumbnails of the pix related to Nepal:
"Nepal, Bhutan"
"ram dao, nepal"
Wanna see a bent blade?
Theres some khuks as well, and TONS of other stuff. Like this:
Padmavati (Jaina Yaks.i). Each of the 18 arms carries a weapon.Yaks.a and Yaks.in.i_ had a special place of reverence in the Jaina tradition. 1636 AD. Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Bronze. 18 X 15.6 X 6.6 cm. (Delhi, National Museum 85.377) J.E. Dawson, ed., 1999, Bronze Treasures of the National Museum, Delhi, National Museum.
All manner of sharp things.
Sadly some the pix don't come up bigger when clicked--the site is kinda buggy (or my browser is).
Unfortunately, the khuk pic is in that category.
The guy scanned lots of pages. He references the books by Egerton and by Stone.
