Apam Napat

Apam Napat

Apam Napat is an eminent figure of the Indo-Iranian pantheon. In Hinduism, Apām Napāt is the god of fresh water, such as in rivers and lakes. In Zoroastrianism, Apąm Napāt is also a divinity of water, see also Burz.

Apām Napat in Sanskrit and Apąm Napāt in Avestan mean "grandson of waters" (see Ap (water)). Sanskrit and Old Persian napat as well as Avestan napāt ("grandson") are cognate to Latin nepōs and English nephew, but the name Apām Napāt has also been compared to Etruscan Nethuns and Celtic Nechtan and Roman Neptune.

In Yasht 19 of the Avesta Apam Napāt appears as the Creator of mankind. Here, there is an evident link between the glory of sovereignty (Khvarenah) and Apam Napāt who protects Khvarenah as the royal glory of Iranian kings. Apām Napat is sometimes, for example in Rigveda book 2 hymn 35 verse 3, described as a fire-god who originates in water (see: Agni). The reference to fire may have originally referred to flames from natural gas or oil seepages surfacing through water, as in a fire temple at Surakhany near Baku in Azerbaijan (Jivanji Jamshedji Modi 1926).[dubious ] There is a conjecture that the word "naphtha" came (via Greek, where it meant any sort of petroleum) from the name "Apam Napat".[1]

References

  1. ^ Studies in ancient technology by R. J. Forbes (page 12)

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Apam — bezeichnet: die Hauptstadt des ghanaischen Gomoa Districts, siehe Apam (Ghana) Apam Napat, eine iranische Gottheit Apam Napat, eine hinduistische Gottheit Apam ist der Name folgender Personen: Onyekachi Apam (* 1986), nigerianischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Zoroastrian calendar — The Zoroastrian calendar is a religious calendar used by members of the Zoroastrian faith, and it is an approximation of the (tropical) solar calendar. To this day, Zoroastrians, irrespective of geographic location, adhere to (variations of) this …   Wikipedia

  • Burz — is the middle Persian name for the Indo Iranian divinity of waters. Burz is also known as Ahura Berezant in the texts of the Avesta, and also as Apam Napat in Avestan and Vedic Sanskrit. Burz is a Yazad (Avestan: Yazata ) in Zoroastrianism and… …   Wikipedia

  • Proto-Indo-Iranian religion — means the religion of the Indo Iranian peoples prior to the earliest Vedic (Indo Aryan) and Zoroastrian (Iranic) scriptures. These share a common inheritance of concepts including the universal force *rta (Vedic rta, Avestan asha), the sacred… …   Wikipedia

  • АПАМ НАПАТ — (др. инд. Apâm napât, букв. «сын вод»), в ведийской мифологии божество, связанное с водой и огнём. Занимает второстепенное место в пантеоне. В «Ригведе» ему посвящён один гимн (II 35). Нередко выступает как эпитет Агни, с которым А. Н. в ряде… …   Энциклопедия мифологии

  • Zoroastrianism — /zawr oh as tree euh niz euhm, zohr /, n. an Iranian religion, founded c600 B.C. by Zoroaster, the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu,… …   Universalium

  • ИНДОЕВРОПЕЙСКАЯ МИФОЛОГИЯ — древнейшая система мифологических представлений предков современных индоевропейских народов, реконструируемая с помощью сравнительно исторического исследования отражений этой системы в исторически засвидетельствованных отдельных индоевропейских… …   Энциклопедия мифологии

  • Ahura Mazda — Ormuzd redirects here. For the kingdom of Ohrmuzd, see Ormus. Hormazd redirects here. For the Sassanid rulers, see Hormizd. Mobed (right, with high crown) invests Ardashir I (left) with the ring of kingship. (Naqsh e Rustam, 3rd c. CE) Ahura… …   Wikipedia

  • Savitr — This article is about Deities in Vedic Hinduism. For concept of God, see God in Hinduism. An article related to Hinduism …   Wikipedia

  • Proto-Indo-European religion — The chariot, as a symbol of social rank and military strength but also mythologically as the sun chariot (Trundholm sun chariot pictured, Nordic Bronze Age, ca. 160 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”