Madu
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The Maduvu, also known as a maru or madu, is a weapon from India. It is one of the many weapons used in the Tamil martial art Silambam.
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Vinony's link graph records 46 inbound references to Madu, and connects out to India, International Standard Book Number and Tamil Nadu.
It sits within the topics Tamil martial arts and Weapons of India.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Madu
- Weapon.origin
- Tamil Nadu, India
- Weapon.type
- Melee
- Weapon.is_ranged
- no
- Weapon.is_bladed
- yes
- Weapon.is_explosive
- no
- Weapon.is_artillery
- no
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- no
- Weapon.is_missile
- no
- Weapon.is_UK
- no
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Technique
- See also
- References
The Maduvu, also known as a maru or madu, is a weapon from India. It is one of the many weapons used in the Tamil martial art Silambam.
More commonly known as a madu, it is also referred to as a maan kombu after the deer horns from which it is traditionally made, specifically those of the Indian blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra). A madu is treated like a double-bladed dagger. It typically consists of two blackbuck horns pointing in opposite directions connected by two crossbars which also act as a handle. Silambam experts use this weapon to confront opponents in various ways, both defensive and offensive.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Madu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.