In Studies in Indian Weapons and Warfare by Pant, the author on page 153 notes that there are two types of serrated swords. One type where the back is serrated called Arapusta, and the other type, where both sides are serrated called Aradam.
The naga shaped blade with the broad tip, most likely represents a cobra, but I can’t imagine a blade like that can have been used for anything else than for ceremony, as the cutting ability can’t have been very good, and the balance must have been very bad.
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