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PugJesus@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-24

PugJesus@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-24

https://collections.lacma.org/object/31047

FlashMobOfOne@mstdn.social Joined: 2026-02-26

@PugJesus What do the symbols on the scabbard mean?

PugJesus@piefed.social Joined: 2025-03-24

I'm a lowly monoglot, but the source says:

The sides of the scabbard are embellished with four seed symbols (Sanskrit: bija or bijakshara) inlaid with coral and turquoise in a devanagari script variant. Seed symbols are the quintessence of a mantra in a single syllable or sound. They may also symbolize a theological principle or deity.

EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml Joined: 2025-10-22

I want to see it unsheathed!!!

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