Kavi, smith
Soma is kavi. es.a somo ra_ja_, says Cha_ndogya Upanis.ad.
The Vedic term, kavi and concordant terms in Avestan -- can be
explained in semantics, as a poet, as a smith, as a king.
Ka_vya Us'anas and Kayanides
"The most exhaustive study ... by Arthur Christensen in his book on
the Kayanian dynasty of Iran (Christensen, A.,1932, Les Kayanides.
Det Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Sellskab, Hist.-Filos. Meddelelser
XIX.2. Copenhagen)... (P. Oktor Skjaervo, 1995, The Avesta as source
for the early history of the Iranians, in: George Erdosy, ed., The
Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia, Berlin, Walter de Gruyter and Co.)
In S'S'S 3.16.3,10 the fire is addressed as kavyava_hana. TBr
1.6.9.6: agnim kavyava_hanam yajati ya eva pitr._n.a_m agnih tam eva
yad yajati. It is distinguished from the fire of the demons (TS
2.5.8.6: trayo va_ agnayo havyava_hano deva_na_m, kavyava_hanah
pitr.n.a_m saharaks.a_ asura_n.a_m). The Kavi, the smiths, are fire-
workers.
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kavya a class of manes (RV 10.14); kavya {kavyati}, to be wise Pa_n.
7-4 , 39. kavya {kavi} Ka_s'. on Pa_n. 5-4 , 30) wise RV. x , 15 , 9
(at VS. xxii , 2 {kavya_h}) ; a sacrificer , sacrificial priest RV.
ix , 91 , 2 ; name of one of the seven sages of the fourth
Manvantara; (generally in connection with {havya-kavya}) `" what
must be offered to the wise "' , an oblation of food to deceased
ancestors MBh. Mn. (Skt.lex.)
Soma is called Kavi; he has attributes like kavi_yat, kavikratu,
kratuvid, vipra, vis'vavid connoting a similar idea...Kavi-s in the
Iranian tradition, described as the lineage of the Kayanides, are
described as 'smiths'.
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The kavi or the smith becomes the political leader as exemplified by
the Kayanians (or Kayanides) of the Avestan tradition.
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