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Indra-kaví Ṛgvedic Lordship, Bovine Environment, and Onomatopoeic Poetry.

Authors :
Rossi, Paola M.
Source :
Cracow Indological Studies; 2023, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p259-299, 41p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The paper aims at illustrating the possible interconnection between Ṛgvedic poetry and the bovine environment in relation to which the proto-Vedic clan-based society ensured its own subsistence. Given that the protection of livestock was one of the functions attributed to chieftainship, especially during the phase of clan mobility (yóga), and that the figure of the proto-Vedic kaví, the so-called =sage poet,' is correlated to the milieu of the lordship, it is most likely that the bovine imagery and rhetorical devices, particularly connected to sonority, stemmed precisely from that environment where the human and animal dimensions were symbiotically associated to ensure clan's prosperity. Therefore, Ṛgvedic poetical expressions are not only the artful means to mark the liturgical language, but also a direct output of the expertise of the warrior-cowherd, identified especially with the mythological figure of Indra, who could, by way of sonorous enchanting of both, the livestock and the enemies, yoke the former and keep away the latter, guaranteeing subsistence to his own clan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17320917
Volume :
25
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Cracow Indological Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
174966230
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.12797/CIS.25.2023.01.09