Pur (Vedic)

Pur (Vedic)

The term Pur occurs approx. 30 times in the Rig Veda. It is often translated as city, castle or fortress.

The sanskritist N. Kazanas has argued that the term could denote a supernatural, occult or magical protective force or field. In the Rig Veda, there are also purs made of metal (purās ayasīs in 10.101.8). In Aitareya Brahmana, there is copper/bronze, silver, and golden pur. The Rig Veda mentions also a mobile Pur.

References

*cite paper | author=Frawley, David | title=Witzel's vanishing ocean - How to read vedic texts any way you like | date=2002 | url=http://www.voi.org/indology/ReplytoWitzel.html
*Kazanas, Nicholas: Rig Vedic Pur
*cite paper | author=Kazanas, Nicholas | title=Rigvedic town and ocean: Witzel vs Frawley | date=2002 | url=http://www.omilosmeleton.gr/english/documents/RigVedicTownandOcean.pdf
*Raw W 1976 The Meaning of pur in Vedic Literature; Mϋnchen, W Finck.
*"Vedic Index" (1912), 2 vols 1995 edition, by A. A. Macdonell and A. B. Keith: M Banarsidass, Delhi.


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