Massive Indian spear (sang)

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

See the Sri Lankan spear below. Spear base flanked by Deities..as in #22 above

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

It is interesting that the ancient Sri Lankan tribe called The Vel were quite famous for their use of arrows and spears ; Vel: the Tamil word for a spear, a lance, a javelin or, arrow. The arrow may be taken as the proto-type of the Vel. It denotes a long handled sharp metal pointed weapon of hunting or war of ancient time. The Vel of Murukan are of two basic types. One is Vel, the leaf shaped lance and the other is Sakti a double or triple headed lance commonly associated with the Goddess. The Vel became inter changeable with the Sakti in the 15th century.

SEE http://kataragama.org/research/krishnapillai.htm

[iskender]

Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

See the Sri Lankan spear below. Spear base flanked by Deities..as in #22 above

Hello Ibrahiim, my far away friend in the desert ,shall whe call them Makaras? greetings from the mountains Iskender

[David]

Originally Posted by iskender

Hello Ibrahiim, my far away friend in the desert ,shall whe call them Makaras? greetings from the mountains Iskender

They sure look like makara to me. Makara, of course, while vahana, or vehicles for certain deities and guardians of gateways and thresholds are not themselves considered to be deities.

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by David

They sure look like makara to me. Makara, of course, while vahana, or vehicles for certain deities and guardians of gateways and thresholds are not themselves considered to be deities.

There are something like 20 or 30 different forms each with a different animal or part of ...Horse with beaks part Elephant part Peacock. See https://books.google.com.om/books?id...page&q&f=false for a rundown on the varieties. Whatever the Makara are we can be certain that in the decorative spear shown the weapons are Sri Lankan...beyond that I am unwilling to go except that the incredible co incidence of Sri Lankan Spear and European Partisan spear are almost ridiculously connected...and appear to have virtually the same name!

It is true that the Makara are vehicles for a number of Gods and constructions in Hindu forms. Deity may not be pinpoint accurate precisely, however, I cannot think of a single word other than deity which sums up the word. Mythical creature is perhaps close.

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by iskender

Hello Ibrahiim, my far away friend in the desert ,shall whe call them Makaras? greetings from the mountains Iskender

Greetings Iskender !! Ibrahiim al Balooshi