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Frank KÖHLER, 2011, Kaví im Ṛgveda. Dichtung, Ritual und Schöpfung im frühvedischen Denken. Shaker Verlag, Aachen, 384 pp

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2013

Abstract

The work discusses the meaning of the word kaví in the Rgveda – ‘sage–poet–seer’, and its contextual realizations. The review evaluates positively the contribution of the book and refers to the etymological parallel in Slavonic, e.g.

Czech z-koumat.