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Originally Posted by Pusaka
The symbol on the keris is interesting, it is used in Silat to denote a knowledge of ilmu kebatinan.
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I have also seen this symbol on a few actual keris, usually more contemporary pieces or older keris where the added markings are more recent. We should keep in mind that while kebatinan claims ties to ancient knowledge and traditions it is a relatively new philosophical movement beginning sometime around the 1920s and not really gaining any popular foothold until sometime after WWII.