amrita

[Joanna Jurewicz]

Two Atharvavedic hymns, 10.2 and 11.8 elaborate the homology between the 
human body and the cosmos (see e.g. F. Edgerton, The Beginnings of 
Indian Philosophy, London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1965, pp. 88, 107).
Best
Joanna Jurewicz

victor van bijlert pisze:
> Dear friends,
> 
> I remember vaguely to have learned that in Vedic Sanskrit the word amrita
> does not mean immortality but rather something like ' long life'. Can anyone
> provide me with some references to articles on this word? I am also looking
> for parallels in other Vedic texts of the so-called Purusha-sukta (Rig Veda
> 10.90).Or perhaps adaptations of this hymn in later Sanskrit literature:
> Epics, Puranas.
> 
> With many greetings and many thanks
> 
> Victor van Bijlert
> 


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Joanna Jurewicz, dr hab.
Warsaw University Professor
Faculty of Oriental Studies
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