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Originally Posted by VVV
Very nice keris!
If I remember Pigeaud correctly he mentions that panji was an old title for a prince.
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Yes Michael,
You are right. Panji -- in Javanese was an old title for a noble person, a prince. I could mention for instance, Panji Asmoro Bangun -- was a name of a royal prince in an old Javanese legend. Or, Raden Panji Inu Kertapati.
But, Panji in Indonesian language means "flag", but this is not Javanese. And I think, in this dhapur name (Panji Kuda), the word "kuda" also must be spelled as "kudo" (javanese), not "kuda" (Indonesian).
Thank you for the correction, Michael. But this dhapur name is still a question, why "panji kuda"...
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