immortality
idea · 4 works · 7 mentions · 15 anchored passages
ageless life · amṛta · immortal · immortal distinction
spoken of as
1 expressionAmṛta“Immortality”1 mention
Sāmaveda (Sanskrit)
I bear the name of immortality before the gods.
in the texts
Rigveda
The state of deathlessness sought as a protective clothing for the warrior in battle.
may King Soma clothe you about with immortality;
We shall grant you ageless life, O Agni, so that, O Jātavedas, harnessed, you shall not be harmed.
Now, O sages who are being perfected, sharpen yourselves with the chisels with which you work for immortality.
Symposium
The mortal creature's yearning to partake in permanence through offspring, fame, or works
since all are beset by this eagerness and this love with a view to immortality.
From what has been admitted, we needs must yearn for immortality no less than for good, since love loves good to be one’s own for ever.
by getting children they acquire an immortality, a memorial, and a state of bliss, which in their imagining they for all succeeding time procure.
Sāmaveda
The state of deathlessness attributed to Soma, Agni, and the Cosmic Person.
I bear the name of immortality before the gods.
He is the lord of immortality, and also of whatever grows beyond by food.
He is the lord of immortality, and of all that grows and flourishes through food.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The concept of immortality, sought by Indrajit as the price of releasing Indra and ultimately granted in modified, conditional form.
but I have established this immortality through valour.
"O god, I choose immortality in exchange for his release.
"Complete immortality does not exist for any living being on earth.