Tuesday, January 1, 2013

How, many Russian Rivers, got their names.

The Arkaim archaelogical site in Russia has provided the world evidence of the presence of an ancient civilizaton of Indo-Aryan origins. Now, I shall provide you etymological evidence of a Sanskrit connect. At least 16 hydronyms (river names) in Russia have clear equivalent roots in Sanskrit. Let's take Volga. The broadly accepted view is that it draws its meaning from the Russian word for moisture. There's a Sanskrit word Bul (root for bulayati). It means 'to plunge//dive/submerge/emerge'. Now the ga in ganga (means 'that which moves') is a Sanskrit suffix used to connote rivers. So Volga could have been derived from Bulga. Considering the Bulgarians took their name from the river Volga, Bulga seems a credible explanation.

The stunning coincidences with 15 other rivers listed below kind of convinces me that there's a need for a deeper study into the vedic links of Russia.

Russian River NameSanskrit EquivalentSanskrit Meaning
VolgaBul-gaOne that plunges, submerges & emerges
PichoraPichchoraPipe/Flute
DvinaDwainaSecond
VisheraVisaraAbundance
VarzugaVarshaugaTorrent
VoronyaVarunyaComing from god of water
PregolyaPragalyaThat which falls off
NarvaNarbaTo move
KumaKumaLake
TereshkaTarasEnergy
KamaKamaWild
SamaraSamaraBattle
KokshagaKokahaWhite Horse
MokshaMokshaSalvation
AvachaAvachyaSouthern
LokankaLu-GangaDividing River

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