THE BEAST SHARABHA AND THE PROBLEMS OF INDO-ARYAN PREHISTORY

Napolskikh, Vladimir

RAS History & PhilologyЭтнографическое обозрение Ethno review

ISSN (Print) 0869-5415

ISSN (Online) 3034-6274

THE "BEAST SHARABHA" AND THE PROBLEMS OF INDO-ARYAN PREHISTORY

PII

S0869-54150000331-7-1

DOI

10.7868/S50000331-7-1

Publication type

Article

Status

Published

Authors

Vladimir Napolskikh

Volume/ Edition

Volume / Issue 4

Pages

13-23

Abstract

Taking into account different approaches to the interpretation of most ancient Aryan- (Indo-Aryan-) Finno-Ugric contacts, I discuss Ancient Indian mythonym Sarabha, which is often considered as an Ugrian loan-word. Actually, the Ob-Ugrian word for "elk" and the name Sarabha reveal only the outward and casual resemblance and cannot be connected historically. For Sarabha there are suggested probable etymologies from Caucasian and Western Asian languages, which might reflect Caucasian and Western-Asiatic contacts of the Indo-Aryans' ancestors on their way to India.

Keywords

INDO-ARYANS, INDO-IRANIAN PREHISTORY, FINNO-UGRIC-ARYAN CONTACTS, MYTHOLOGY, ETYMOLOGY

Date of publication

03.07.2017

Year of publication

2017

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641

References

GOST	Napolskikh V. THE "BEAST SHARABHA" AND THE PROBLEMS OF INDO-ARYAN PREHISTORY // Ethno review. – 2017. – Issue 4 C. 13-23 .
MLA	Napolskikh, Vladimir "THE "BEAST SHARABHA" AND THE PROBLEMS OF INDO-ARYAN PREHISTORY." Ethno review. 4 (2017).:13-23.
APA	Napolskikh V. (2017). THE "BEAST SHARABHA" AND THE PROBLEMS OF INDO-ARYAN PREHISTORY. Ethno review. no. 4, pp.13-23

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