Indian and Persian swordsmanship: A Comparative Analysis

Aleksey Kurochkin; Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani

doi:10.18002/rama.v10i1.1499

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Aleksey Kurochkin Independent Researcher
Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani Independent Researcher

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/rama.v10i1.1499

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Artes marciales, India, Persia, espada, cultura india, cultura y lengua persa, esgrima india, esgrima persa

Resumen

La interconexión cultural entre Irán y el norte de la India, que existió y se desarrolló durante un largo período, se conoce hoy en día como “indo-iraní” o “indo-persa”, que podría aplicarse a la región, cultura, literatura, armas y a otras esferas de intervención intercultural. La cooperación cultural entre estos dos países fue bilateral y estuvo marcada por las rutas comerciales. Este artículo analiza la interrelación, similitudes y diferencias entre las culturas marciales y militares de la India y Persia. Más precisamente, el artículo describe el campo de la formación individual en habilidades militares, métodos para su adquisición y retención, así como el uso de las armas relacionadas con dicha formación. Para lograr este objetivo, se llevó a cabo un análisis comparativo basado en fuentes históricas y en literatura contemporánea sobre el tema. En primer lugar, el artículo describe los principios generales y las tradiciones de armas en ambas culturas. La siguiente sección muestra algunas de las técnicas de esgrima persa descritas en los manuscritos. La siguiente parte describe algunos aspectos de la esgrima india. Por último, se refieren algunas similitudes y diferencias de las técnicas de esgrima en ambas tradiciones. Debe subrayarse que, aunque existen muchos manuscritos persas sobre técnicas de combate, no hay manuscritos indios sobre la temática, o no se han encontrado hasta la fecha. Este artículo es sólo una etapa inicial de investigación.

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