Guest guest Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Kavi, smith Soma is kavi. es.a somo ra_ja_, says Cha_ndogya Upanis.ad. The Vedic term, kavi – and concordant terms in Avestan -- can be explained in semantics, as a poet, as a smith, as a king. Ka_vya Us'anas and Kayanides "The most exhaustive study ... by Arthur Christensen in his book on the Kayanian dynasty of Iran (Christensen, A.,1932, Les Kayanides. Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Sellskab, Hist.-Filos. Meddelelser XIX.2. Copenhagen)... (P. Oktor Skjaervo, 1995, The Avesta as source for the early history of the Iranians, in: George Erdosy, ed., The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia, Berlin, Walter de Gruyter and Co.) In S'S'S 3.16.3,10 the fire is addressed as kavyava_hana. TBr 1.6.9.6: agnim kavyava_hanam yajati ya eva pitr._n.a_m agnih tam eva yad yajati. It is distinguished from the fire of the demons (TS 2.5.8.6: trayo va_ agnayo havyava_hano deva_na_m, kavyava_hanah pitr.n.a_m saharaks.a_ asura_n.a_m). The Kavi, the smiths, are fire- workers. http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/Somaelectrum.htm kavya a class of manes (RV 10.14); kavya {kavyati}, to be wise Pa_n. 7-4 , 39. kavya {kavi} Ka_s'. on Pa_n. 5-4 , 30) wise RV. x , 15 , 9 (at VS. xxii , 2 {kavya_h}) ; a sacrificer , sacrificial priest RV. ix , 91 , 2 ; name of one of the seven sages of the fourth Manvantara; (generally in connection with {havya-kavya}) `" what must be offered to the wise "' , an oblation of food to deceased ancestors MBh. Mn. (Skt.lex.) Soma is called Kavi; he has attributes like kavi_yat, kavikratu, kratuvid, vipra, vis'vavid connoting a similar idea...Kavi-s in the Iranian tradition, described as the lineage of the Kayanides, are described as 'smiths'. http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/khambat/bhrgu01.htm The kavi or the smith becomes the political leader as exemplified by the Kayanians (or Kayanides) of the Avestan tradition. http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/vratya.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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