Original-language term required. This object was worshiped next to Raj Jogi’s standard during this object’s “imprecation” rite on Dussehra. Jejuri venerates a god named for this object who cursed Malla to have a goat’s head and receive mutton offerings after the demon asked for human flesh. This object touches the center of a crescent moon in the Chand Tora of the Nihang. Men who crossed a line made by this object at Tarn Taran later witnessed one leader carry his severed head and one of these objects at the Battle of (*) Gohalwar. This object, which separates truth from falsehood, appears alongside two objects representing miri and piri and a chakram in a symbol sometimes named for it. These non-spear objects top Nishan Sahib flagpoles. The Panj Pyare were initiated into the Khalsa after Gobind Singh stirred amrit with this object. For 10 points, Rajput warriors made their last stand by twirling what double-edged sword that is sacred in Sikhism? ■END■
ANSWER: khanda [accept khadga, kharga, or patissa; accept sukhela; prompt on asi; prompt on double-edged sword until read] (The rite in the first line is kharga shapna; the god mentioned is Khandoba; the leader is Baba Deep Singh; Gohalwar is also known as the Battle of Amritsar.)
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