[INDOLOGY] amrita

[Joanna Jurewicz]

Dear Artur,

In the RV many adjectives are used as more or less abstract terms, for
example the adjective which refers to cows and dawns (usriya) or to horses
and Soma (hari). Amrta functions in the same way. It refers to Somic
exultation and to the state given thanks to it. It is shared in that there
are those who constantly partake in it (the gods and rsis) and those who
partake in it temporarily (men). The supernatural cognition is conceived in
terms of fight so in that it is fought for. Possibly, there are stanzas
which may imply that it is used in reference to Somic juice (so to the
substance) but this needs checking.

Best,

Joanna


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Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia
Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies
Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw
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2016-01-08 9:37 GMT+01:00 Christophe Vielle <christophe.vielle at uclouvain.be>
:

> Dear Arthur,
> did you look at :
> • Jarl Charpentier, *Die Suparṇasage. Untersuchungen zur altindischen
> Literatur- und Sagengeschichte*, Uppsala: Α. Β. Akademiska Bokhandeln -
> Leipzig: Otto Harrassowitz, 1922, in-8°, 399 pp.
> on the legend of Suparṇa stealing the soma/amṛta according to the Suparṇ
> ādhyāya etc.
> Cf. review by P.E. Dumont:
> http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rbph_0035-0818_1923_num_2_4_6264_t1_0713_0000_1
> Maybe also something to find on the "ambrosia cycle" in :
> • Georges Dumézil, *Le Festin d'immortalité. Étude de mythologie comparée
> indo-européenne*, Paris, Annales du Musée Guimet, Bibliothèque d'études
> 34.
> Best wishes,
> Christophe
>
> Le 7 janv. 2016 à 20:52, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> a écrit :
>
> My heartfelt thanks to Lubomir, Dipak and George for their comments and
> suggestions.
>
> However,  there is a however: I am especially interested in any
> *pre-Mahabharatic *(if I may say so) mentions of amrita as an object of
> contention, strife - something that is, independently of its supposed
> material form (liquid, metal, plant), fought for, stolen, divided,
> distributed, shared.
>
> Thanks, once more,
>
> Artur Karp
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