The Man in the Panther Skin (Shota Rustaveli, The Man in the Panther Skin, Text and Versions, Edited by Akaki Shanidze and Alexandre Baramidze, Tbilisi, 1966)

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Author	Shota Rustaveli
Epoch	XII-XIII
Work	The Man in the Panther Skin (Shota Rustaveli, The Man in the Panther Skin, Text and Versions, Edited by Akaki Shanidze and Alexandre Baramidze, Tbilisi, 1966)
Type	Poetry
Quote	“Pray to God for me, that He has made me free from the worldly concerns, From having to be with air, fire, water and earth”. (Stanza 1304, 1-2)
Term	with air, fire, water and earth ( Empedocles, four essences )

Nike. Vani. II-I BC, Bronze, 22 x19 cm. The Georgian National Museum.

Comment	death and ascension of her soul (personality) to the heavens is perceived by Nestani as the disintegration of her body into constituent parts, that is, four essences, or elements - fire, water, earth and air, and the liberation of her soul from them (see E. Khintibidze, The World View of Rustaveli’s “Vepkhistqaosani” (“The Man in the Panther Skin”), Tbilisi, 2009, pg. 520-521; cf. Shota Rustaveli, “The Man in the Panther Skin”, School Edition with Introduction, Literary Review, Dictionary and Commentary, Edited by N. Natadze, II edition, Tbilisi, 2006, pg. 487; see also in the present encyclopedia all four elements: air, fire, water and earth (Empedocles, four essences). [Z.Kh.]

Comment

death and ascension of her soul (personality) to the heavens is perceived by Nestani as the disintegration of her body into constituent parts, that is, four essences, or elements - fire, water, earth and air, and the liberation of her soul from them (see E. Khintibidze, The World View of Rustaveli’s “Vepkhistqaosani” (“The Man in the Panther Skin”), Tbilisi, 2009, pg. 520-521; cf. Shota Rustaveli, “The Man in the Panther Skin”, School Edition with Introduction, Literary Review, Dictionary and Commentary, Edited by N. Natadze, II edition, Tbilisi, 2006, pg. 487; see also in the present encyclopedia all four elements: air, fire, water and earth (Empedocles, four essences). [Z.Kh.]

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