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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dr hab. Joanna Jurewicz, prof. UW
Katedra Azji Południowej /Chair of South Asia
Wydział Orientalistyczny / Faculty of Oriental Studies
Uniwersytet Warszawski /University of Warsaw
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28
00-927 Warszawa

2016-01-08 9:37 GMT+01:00 Christophe Vielle <christophe.vielle@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 Suparṇādhyāya 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@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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