The lexicon of the “act of accepting (pratigraha)”: an approach to the multilayered Vedic culture

This joint work has its ground (and scope) in a variation-oriented reading of the Vedic sources, here applied to those which mention the act of the so-called “[gift-]acceptance” ( ) within mechanisms for attaining and distributing the “goods of life” among all the members of a community. The most an...

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Published in:Lingua Posnaniensis 2019-12, Vol.61 (2), p.25-48
Main Authors: Candotti, Maria Piera, Pontillo, Tiziana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cultural heritage
Culture
Dialects
gift
Homonyms
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryan matrices
Innovations
Language
lexical linguistics
Lexicon
Linguistics
Sanskrit
stratification of the ancient Vedic Culture
Ved
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Summary:This joint work has its ground (and scope) in a variation-oriented reading of the Vedic sources, here applied to those which mention the act of the so-called “[gift-]acceptance” ( ) within mechanisms for attaining and distributing the “goods of life” among all the members of a community. The most ancient occurrences are read and contrasted against the subsequent socio-ritual context where the well-known homonymous privilege and peculiar means of livelihood for Brahmans is depicted. The tentative interpretation of the relevant passages and the consequent reconstruction of the several layers of the Vedic lexicon revolving around the verbal base might contribute to better assessing the presence of a specific Indo-Aryan cultural matrix that might have pre-existed (and co-existed with) the mainstream Vedic world, and to better understanding how later knowledge systems succeeded in creating a new all-encompassing balance.
ISSN:2083-6090
0079-4740
2083-6090
DOI:10.2478/linpo-2019-0012