Ayda Kattis; Need help with the inscription on blade???

laEspadaAncha · 16th July 2013, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by olikara

Chris ;-)

Hello Nidhi... Haygeidhiriya...

My apologies if my horrendous rendering of Kannada (Englada? Karnanglish?

) is illegible. The next time I'm in B'lore, I'll make the trip south... maybe we can horsetrade a piece or two.

And I'll have a PM off to you shortly.

olikara · 17th July 2013, 07:09 AM

Jens, I agree wholeheartedly with your effort to help the owner of the Ayda Katthi. Thank you for directing me to the piece. I liked the piece especially on account of the date.

Chris, I am sure Jens and all on the forum appreciate your efforts to help. Your clue that the text is Malayalam obviously got Jens to contact me. He remembered that I can read the language.

So let us all keep the forum moving forward together.

Cheers,
Nidhi

laEspadaAncha · 17th July 2013, 05:54 PM

Hi Nidhi,

Your sentiments are well-placed and warmly aprpeciated, but to be honest, it is a non-issue AFAIAC, and I'm sure Jens feels the same way. You'll see in my rather lengthy PM I didn't bother mentioning it even once.

Hardly more than a miniscule 'blip' on the radar of the forum, or even of the thread for that matter, and IMO not worth further discussion.

Anyway, back to the adya katthi - this is the first I've seen (which admittedly isn't saying a whole lot) with any inscription. It would be interesting to know what the earliest known (dated) inscription is on a South Indian blade, adya katti or otherwise...

17th July 2013, 07:09 AM	#2
olikara Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: India Posts: 102	Come on friends.... Jens, I agree wholeheartedly with your effort to help the owner of the Ayda Katthi. Thank you for directing me to the piece. I liked the piece especially on account of the date. Chris, I am sure Jens and all on the forum appreciate your efforts to help. Your clue that the text is Malayalam obviously got Jens to contact me. He remembered that I can read the language. So let us all keep the forum moving forward together. Cheers, Nidhi

17th July 2013, 05:54 PM	#3
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	Hi Nidhi, Your sentiments are well-placed and warmly aprpeciated, but to be honest, it is a non-issue AFAIAC, and I'm sure Jens feels the same way. You'll see in my rather lengthy PM I didn't bother mentioning it even once. Hardly more than a miniscule 'blip' on the radar of the forum, or even of the thread for that matter, and IMO not worth further discussion. Anyway, back to the adya katthi - this is the first I've seen (which admittedly isn't saying a whole lot) with any inscription. It would be interesting to know what the earliest known (dated) inscription is on a South Indian blade, adya katti or otherwise...