The katar or katara, is a type of push dagger from India. The weapon is characterised by its H-shaped horizontal hand grip which results in the blade sitting above the user's knuckles. Unique to South Asia, it is the most famous and characteristic of Indian daggers. Ceremonial katar were also used in worship.
Names
Katar is also known as Tamil: கட்டாரி kaţţāri or குத்துவாள் kuttuvāḷ meaning "fist blade"(Fist is incorrect as Kuttu means stab/stabbing according to context)(Sanskrit: कट्टार kaţāra or kaţārī, Hindi: कटार kaṭāra or kaṭāri, Kannada: ಕಠಾರಿ kaṭhāri, Malayalam: കട്ടാരം katāram , Marathi: कट्यार kaṭyāra.
History
The katar originated in southern India where its original name was kattari before being altered to katara (romanized as "katar" by the British) in the north. The earliest forms occur in the medieval Vijayanagara Empire. Katar dating back to this period often had a leaf- or shell-like knuckle-guard to protect the back of the hand, but this was discarded by the later half of the 17th century. Its development may have been related to the pata. As the weapon spread throughout the region it became something of a status symbol, much like the Southeast Asian kris or the Japanese katana. Princes and nobles were often portrayed wearing a katar at their side. This was not only a precaution for self-defense, but it was also meant to show their wealth and position. Upper-class Rajputs and Mughals would even hunt tigers with a pair of katar. For a hunter to kill a tiger with such a short-range weapon was considered the surest sign of bravery and martial skill.
The Chain of Chance (original Polish title: Katar, literally, "Rhinitis") is a science fiction/detective novel by the Polish writer Stanisław Lem, published in 1975. Lem's treatment of the detective genre introduces many nontraditional elements. The reader is prompted not only to consider various suspects as possible culprits in a series of murders, but also the possibility that they have all happened purely by chance (hence the English title). In this way, the natural laws of probability and chaos theory play the role of suspects and characters in a murder mystery, lending elements of science fiction to the novel. The underlying philosophical idea is exploited by Lem in his major essay The Philosophy of Chance.
Plot
A former astronaut is hired by a detective agency to help in an investigation of a case of mysterious deaths. Several victims became mad and committed suicide during their vacation in various Naples spas, apparently without reason. Due to certain similarities in the circumstances of the deaths the case is assumed to be a serial murder by poisoning, although it is never certain what (if any) real connection exists between the victims.
Betrayer of the masses Your final curtain face The loss of many peoples With your own life pay You had your chances way before You could have gone away But here you have stayed alone Who is fault? It is a way And now you run but you can't hide No need to try your luck yourself There's no way you can escape Come back to your own way The grip of lonely death This race asphyxiates Your face the cold fear Suicide is always near You had your chances way before You could have gone away But here you have stayed alone
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Το Κατάρ θα αυξήσει περαιτέρω την παραγωγή φυσικού αερίου παρά την απότομη πτώση των τιμών φυσικού αερίου παγκοσμίως, προωθώντας τα σχέδιά του για την εξόρυξη περισσότερων πόρων εν μέσω σκληρού ανταγωνισμού με αντιπάλους όπως οι Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες ... .
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Ο Παλαιστίνιος Υπουργός Εξωτερικών έδωσε συνέντευξη Τύπου μαζί με τον Ισπανό ομόλογό του Χοσέ Μανουέλ Αλμπαρές κατά τη διάρκεια των εργασιών του Φόρουμ της Ενωσης για τη Μεσόγειο στη Βαρκελώνη ... «Η παύση είναι μόνο προσωρινή ... ΚΥΠΕ. Previous. Next. .
