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- Okunishi Shunsuke
- 大阪外国語大学
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- Av. haδanaepata-について
- Av haデルタanaepata ニ ツイテ
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Abstract
The Av. haδanaepata-, correctly haδanaepata-, is identified as a pomegranate, as traditionally so considered by the Parsees.<br>This compound noun, originally meaning “drunk-with-seeds”, has as its elements four proto-Ir. morphemes: *ha-/*hada-, *danaia-, *pata- and *a-. The *danaia-, derived from the root *da- “to create, provide”, can be considered to mean “seed”, compared with O. Ind. dhanýa-/dhanía- and with Av. *dana- from Av. dano. karš-. The *pata- can be regarded as a past passive participle of *pa- “to drink”, although O. Ind. has pitá-. Because the stem vispo. pitay-, which is the only example that contains either a primitive or a derivative of the root *pa- “to drink”, appears in the text actually in the form of vispo. paitiš. And the Avestan orthography suggests us to read it not vispo. paitiš but vispo.paitiš.<br>The Avesta informs us that the haδanaepata- is used to purify the filthiness of death and menses and mixed into zaoθra- for divinities with haoma- and milk. And various myths, legends and folklores from various countries tell us that the pomegranate, as a symbol of fertility because of its exuberant seeds, is offered to divinities as an offering and libation and is taken in rites of passage.
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- Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan
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Bulletin of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 18 (1), 17-26,158, 1975
The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan
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- CRID
- 1390001205342466304
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- NII Article ID
- 130000822487
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- NII Book ID
- AN00034305
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- ISSN
- 18841406
- 00305219
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- NDL BIB ID
- 1557541
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- ja
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- JaLC
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