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Gavin Nugent · 21st November 2023, 01:55 PM

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...0&postcount=25

Thanks Alan.

Regarding dhapur, Pasopati.

I understand a lot is in a name, and it is these visual features of the keris that gives them their dhapur name.

You've noted that one of Arjuna's arrows was named Pasopati. Post #2
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=2964

Has this subject of Wayang in Keris been given any deeper thought over the last 7 years?

I ask because I am intrigued that I have by sheer chance seen Arjuna clearly within this keris and I cannot unsee it in others of the Pasopati Dhapur now, the features are too distinct.

It seems way more than just being coincidental that the archers face should be at the base of what is effectively representing the arrow by name.

Nothing created was without purpose or meaning and Arjuna and Posapati are one, just as archery teaches the mind and body to become one.

21st November 2023, 01:55 PM	#5
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...0&postcount=25 Thanks Alan. Regarding dhapur, Pasopati. I understand a lot is in a name, and it is these visual features of the keris that gives them their dhapur name. You've noted that one of Arjuna's arrows was named Pasopati. Post #2 http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=2964 Has this subject of Wayang in Keris been given any deeper thought over the last 7 years? I ask because I am intrigued that I have by sheer chance seen Arjuna clearly within this keris and I cannot unsee it in others of the Pasopati Dhapur now, the features are too distinct. It seems way more than just being coincidental that the archers face should be at the base of what is effectively representing the arrow by name. Nothing created was without purpose or meaning and Arjuna and Posapati are one, just as archery teaches the mind and body to become one.