Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The common term for "sword" in Classical Sanskrit is khaḍga (whence modern Hindustani khanda). The inherited Indo-European term survives as asi (cognate to Latin ensis, from PIE *n̥sis), in Rigvedic Sanskrit still as a term for a kind of sacrificial dagger or knife. This word appears as a proper name, Asi, of the personification of the first sword created by Brahma.A legend concerning the sword appears in the Shantiparva section of Mahabharata (MBH 12.167.1-87 Vulgo; MBH 12.161.1-87 (Critical)) [1].. }
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- Asi_(Mahabharata) abstract "The common term for "sword" in Classical Sanskrit is khaḍga (whence modern Hindustani khanda). The inherited Indo-European term survives as asi (cognate to Latin ensis, from PIE *n̥sis), in Rigvedic Sanskrit still as a term for a kind of sacrificial dagger or knife. This word appears as a proper name, Asi, of the personification of the first sword created by Brahma.A legend concerning the sword appears in the Shantiparva section of Mahabharata (MBH 12.167.1-87 Vulgo; MBH 12.161.1-87 (Critical)) [1].".