[INDOLOGY] amrita

[George Thompson]

Dear Artur,

Just to add a little note to what Lubomir and Dipak have already rightly
said.

There are lots of references in the RV to amrta as a substance, such as
Soma.  See Grassman's Woerterbuch zum Rigveda. See his meanings 7 and 8 on
amrta.

Best wishes,

George

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 5.1.16
>
> Dear Professor Karup
>
> The distinction between immortality and the substance giving immortality
> became vague in Classical Sanskrit but it is already blurred in AVP 2.6.3c (AVŚ
> 2.1.5c) *yátra* *dev**ā**́́*  *amṛ*´*tam* *ānanśān**ā**́́**ḥ*. In the
> Atharvaveda the plant *kuṣṭha* (*saussurea* *lappa*) too seems to have
> been conceived as the elixir of life. This was discussed by me in 2005.
>
> Best
>
> DB
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 8:07 PM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:
>
>> A Happy New Year wishes to all INDOLOGY denizens --- from frosty Poland
>>
>> and
>>
>> a question:
>>
>> the earliest mention of amrita - not as an adjective - but as a
>> substance, to be shared or fought for?
>>
>> Artur Karp
>> South Asian Studies Deptt, University of Warsaw (emeritus)
>>
>>
>>
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