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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 7th April 2022, 12:32 AM
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Posted By A. G. Maisey
To expand a little on my earlier post. In...

To expand a little on my earlier post.

In respect of the Panataran scabbard.

I have visited Panataran --- or Penataran --- three times, in 2018 I was able to spend 10 hours there, however I...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 6th April 2022, 09:38 PM
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Posted By A. G. Maisey
True Gustav, but here we are looking at roots, we...

True Gustav, but here we are looking at roots, we are not looking at forms that developed from these roots.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 6th April 2022, 07:44 AM
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Posted By A. G. Maisey
In respect of hilts and dress forms, a lot has...

In respect of hilts and dress forms, a lot has changed in the last five or six hundred years.


Here is the stele from which the kneeling figure has been taken, it shows a man & woman kneeling in...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 5th April 2022, 01:31 PM
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Posted By A. G. Maisey
Candi Panataran, State temple of Majapahit, about...

Candi Panataran, State temple of Majapahit, about 1200AD to 1450AD
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 5th April 2022, 08:12 AM
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Posted By A. G. Maisey
Absolutely correct JB. There is another...

Absolutely correct JB.

There is another relief carving in the same location and with same time & place of origin that shows this style of wrongko too, but the carving is not as clear as this one....
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 4th April 2022, 09:25 AM
Replies: 104
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Posted By A. G. Maisey
Candi Sukuh, Jawa Tengah, Circa 1440CE

Candi Sukuh, Jawa Tengah, Circa 1440CE
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st December 2020, 10:57 PM
Replies: 104
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Posted By A. G. Maisey
As a fully qualified and dedicated cynic I have...

As a fully qualified and dedicated cynic I have very few heros, but Sam Arbesman is one of them. In my shortlist, he is probably #1.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 20th November 2019, 11:31 AM
Replies: 104
Views: 91,336
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Thank you very much Amuk, I now understand...

Thank you very much Amuk, I now understand perfectly, a quick phone call did it for me.

Basa Jero in Basa Sunda can be understood as extremely refined language that will only be understood by a...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 20th November 2019, 06:43 AM
Replies: 104
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Posted By A. G. Maisey
Not mirth Amuk, never mirth. I enjoy...

Not mirth Amuk, never mirth.

I enjoy language.

The fact that you use a spelling that was officially discontinued in 1972 as well the assumption that you are using one of the Sundanese...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 20th November 2019, 04:26 AM
Replies: 104
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Posted By A. G. Maisey
Yes, of course you're right Amuk, but I rather...

Yes, of course you're right Amuk, but I rather think the young gentleman to whom I referred your text might be considered to be attuned to his native culture. I will not go into the reasons for why I...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 19th November 2019, 09:38 AM
Replies: 104
Views: 91,336
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Jean, maybe English might not be possible --- it...

Jean, maybe English might not be possible --- it is sometimes not really possible with some Javanese words & ideas --- but if a translation into Bahasa Indonesia were to be possible, this would...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th September 2019, 08:34 AM
Replies: 104
Views: 91,336
Posted By A. G. Maisey
1357 was the year that a princess of Sunda was...

1357 was the year that a princess of Sunda was taken to Majapahit as a bride for the ruler, Rajasanegara (AKA Hayam Wuruk). The Mahapatih Gajah Mada wanted nothing but complete submission from Sunda...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 14th August 2019, 07:30 AM
Replies: 104
Views: 91,336
Posted By A. G. Maisey
It is a characteristic of Javanese & Balinese...

It is a characteristic of Javanese & Balinese language patterns to use euphemisms to refer to anything at all that might be a little, let us say, "touchy". There are euphemisms spread right through...
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 13th August 2019, 10:32 PM
Replies: 104
Views: 91,336
Posted By A. G. Maisey
Well Jaga, you might refer to your own keris as...

Well Jaga, you might refer to your own keris as "duhung" --- I guess it all depends upon one's opinion of oneself.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th July 2019, 09:02 AM
Replies: 104
Views: 91,336
Posted By A. G. Maisey
It is in the description of all the others too...

It is in the description of all the others too Jean.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 25th July 2019, 05:08 AM
Replies: 104
Views: 91,336
Posted By A. G. Maisey
David, I have no knowledge of the Sundanese...

David, I have no knowledge of the Sundanese language, however, I have recently made the acquaintance of a gentleman from Sunda who was a university lecturer, he tells me that "duhung" ie, Amuk's...
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