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Old 1st March 2008, 04:41 PM   #27
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Default Mardana
I was just looking up at The Battle of Haldighati on Wiki and it states there that 'Elephant Trunk Sword' is called 'Mardana'

While I am hearing of such a term being applied to an edged weapon for the first time, I know that 'Mardana' in Hindi stands for 'Manly/Masculine'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharana_Pratap


Disclaimer: I can in no way vouch for the veracity of information on Wikipidea!
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