Royal Splendour in the Waters.
The article explores, from an Indo-Iranian comparative perspective, the concept of 'royal splendour' and its role in myth, ritual and political discourse, in ancient Indian and Iranian texts. It argues that there are similarities both on the level of details (terminology, imagery, motifs) and on a b...
| Publicado en: | Indo-Iranian Journal Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 17 - 74 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=121252082&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 121252082 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00197246 OG7 jtl: Indo-Iranian Journal issn: 00197246 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2017 vid: 60 iid: 1 pid: 639 pub: Brill Academic Publishers artinfo: ui: 121252082 10.1163/15728536-06001002 ppf: 17 ppct: 57 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 3.1MB tig: atl: Royal Splendour in the Waters. aug: au: af Edholm, Kristoffer affil: Stockholm University su: Indo-Iranian literature Avestan language Discourse analysis Published articles Comparative studies sug: subj: Indo-Iranian literature Avestan language Discourse analysis Published articles Comparative studies keyword: Avestan xvarənah- Avestan xvarənah- goddess Śrī kingship splendour Vedic śri-̄́ water ab: The article explores, from an Indo-Iranian comparative perspective, the concept of 'royal splendour' and its role in myth, ritual and political discourse, in ancient Indian and Iranian texts. It argues that there are similarities both on the level of details (terminology, imagery, motifs) and on a broader level (ruler ideology), some of which likely go back to Proto-Indo-Iranian culture. The article relates the Avestan xarənahto the Vedic śri-̄́ and várcas-, as well as their Avestan counterparts srī- and varǝcah-. It looks at how the Vedic/Avestan epithet apā́ṃ nápāt-/apąm napāt- is connected to the motif of aquatic and royal splendour. The Avestan concept of royal splendour, it is argued, also shares key characteristics with the late Vedic and early epic goddess Śrī. As the fickle and mobile consort of successive kings, whom she approaches or abandons depending on their virtues, the epic Śrī is reminiscent of xarənah-. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Indo-Iranian Journal is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Indo-Iranian Journal holder: Brill Academic Publishers dt: @attributes: year: 2017 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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