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@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 devā́́  amṛ´tam ānanśānā́́ḥ. 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@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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