Amrita

Amrita (Sanskrit, n., अमृत, amṛta, Unsteablichkeit; vo mṛ = sterben; vgl. Ambrosia) is in de ejtastn indischn Texte, beispuisweis im Rigveda, a Lebmselexia fia d Gedda. Amrita gibt Unsteablichkeit und is aa zan Synonym dafia worn. Da Begriff is vawandd mitn griachischn Ambrosia. Es is a Synonym fian Soma.

"Amrit" is in Indien aa a beliabta Nama fia Monna und "Amritā" fia Weiba.

Amrita spuit aa im Mahayana Buddhismus a wichtige Roin.

Literatua

• Jan Gonda: Die Religionen Indiens I, Veda und älterer Hinduismus. In: Die Religionen der Menschheit. Bd. 12 hrsg. von Christel Matthias Schröder; 2. Aufl., Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978
• Dallapiccola, Anna L. Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend. ISBN 0-500-51088-1

Im Netz

• Ayurvedic Rasayana - Amrit
• Immortal Boons of Amrit and Five Kakars
• Depictions in stone at Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom (Cambodia) of how the gods dredged amrit from the bottom of the ocean
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110110035820/http://earthrites.org/magazine_article_crowley.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110707061343/http://www.20kweb.com/etymology_dictionary_A/origin_of_the_word_ambrosia.htm