| The Hebrew word for fire is Esh - the English word | | | | associated with Shiva, as she is a form of Durga, the |
| "ash" is derived from it. | | | | Shiva's consort. There is not a big difference between |
| Sanskrit, the language used long ago by religious | | | | these two, as Shiva's association to Kali is as strong |
| scribes and wise men, nowadays conveying ancient | | | | as Ziva's connection to Morena. If we look at similarity |
| messages to us from holy texts, is presently only a | | | | in pronunciation, Slavic Morena has its equivalent in the |
| liturgical language like Latin. The Indian Vedas were | | | | Sanskrit word maraNaanta (coming to death). |
| written in Sanskrit. In addition to liturgical purposes, this | | | | As concerns symbolism, lingam is a Hindu (Shiva's) |
| language is spoken at some places even today, | | | | symbol for fertility - the same dimension that ancient |
| particularly in some institutions where people feel the | | | | Slavs attributed to Ziva. |
| need to reinvigorate it. In the Indian state of Madhya | | | | Vedic god Surya has his Slavic equivalent in goddess |
| Pradesh, there are villages where ordinary people | | | | of beauty - Zora, Zarya, or Zori. There is also the |
| speak Sanskrit. Sanskrit is used also in Mattur, a village | | | | word Zorya, which identifies less important goddesses |
| in the Indian state of Karnataka. | | | | - Slavic guardians of the dawn, but connection to the |
| Similarities between Sanskrit and other languages | | | | sun is indisputable. |
| Throughout their long but preserved history, the Hindu | | | | Brief summary of Slavic gods |
| gods have taken other form than the one they had | | | | Rod (Creator) > Svarog (sun god and helper |
| originally had in the Vedas. At some historical times, | | | | creator) > and his three sons > Svarozic, |
| Surya was more important than Vishnu. Shiva, too, | | | | Dazhdbog, Perun. |
| does not have his name (Shiva) in the Vedas. Scholars | | | | Triglav is a Slavic word for god "with three heads", |
| believe that a much older name represents him instead | | | | almost identical to Hindu Trinity (Trimurti). The oldest |
| - Rudra, which sounds like the word used for the most | | | | meaning of the word Triglav characterized the |
| ancient Slavic god - Rod, who was the primordial god - | | | | following three deities - Svarog, Perun, and Dazhdbog; |
| creator of the universe. | | | | however, Veles or Svantovit later replaced Dazhdbog. |
| The origin of the word "red" (English), or "rot" (German) | | | | Triglav has its Hindu equivalent in Brahma (almost |
| probably comes from the primordial adoration of the | | | | always pictured with three heads), or Dattatreya - |
| god of fire, most likely a deity like Slavic Rod, Hindu | | | | Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva in one - an incarnation of |
| Agni or Rudra. You will find many words with similar | | | | the divine Trinity (Trimurti). Hindus believe that this form |
| sounding both in European languages and Sanskrit - for | | | | of God had once appeared here on earth. |
| example, the Sanskrit word "rakta" - English "red" | | | | Slavonic svastika |
| ("rudy" in Czech, "rouge" in French, "rojo" in Spanish, | | | | Hindus use svastika as a symbol of good luck. |
| etc.). The origin of the word "red" most probably dwells | | | | Boreyko coat of arms is the symbol of svastika |
| in fire, which had been adored and personified by all | | | | pointing to the left; it had been used in Poland. Svastika |
| ancient and tribal cultures. | | | | can also be found in symbolism of Svarog. |
| Every religion, although surely partially based on real | | | | Christians destroyed almost all cultural heritages of the |
| events, somehow deforms or changes over time. | | | | Slavs, so our knowledge about Slavic deities is not so |
| Slavic people have a legend about the creation of the | | | | comprehensive as in Hinduism, which has continued |
| world: | | | | almost entirely preserved from the ancient times until |
| In the beginning, there was only the great darkness | | | | today. |
| and endless chaos. Its waves whirled in the empty | | | | A few Sanskrit and Russian words |
| space and flowed around the golden egg, which was | | | | Slavic languages are similar, so the comparison shown |
| in the middle. Rod - the originator of everything - was | | | | below is made of words that sound equally and mean |
| in the egg. When Rod uttered his first word, his son | | | | the same thing in Russian, Czech and Slovak. If you |
| Svarog was born. | | | | want to find out more about Sanskrit words, visit this |
| The Slavic creation legends slightly vary in dependence | | | | website - |
| on the region (Serbia, Slovenia, Russia, Poland, etc.). | | | | The first words on the left are in Russian, then follow |
| Swarog or Svarog is the Slavic sun and fire god. In the | | | | words in Sanskrit and finally you may learn what they |
| Slavic religion, Svarga is heaven. In Sanskrit, Svarga is | | | | mean in English:vsegda sadaA alwaysputnik pathika |
| heaven too. | | | | pilgrim (or traveler)zit jiivati live ("jiivati" is pronounced |
| Some Hindu gods have remarkable similarity with | | | | similarly in Russian)kogda kada whennebo naaka |
| Slavic deities - both in pronunciation and in significance. | | | | heavensnežnij sahima snowymama maatR |
| Sanskrit and Slavic words may not be always entirely | | | | mombrat bhraatR brother |
| similar (in pronunciation and connotation), but may carry | | | | We can also look at similarities in grammar. Slovaks |
| remarkable elements of similarities like in the case of | | | | and Russians use vocative, which is a term hardly |
| the Slavic god Veles (god of shepherds and a great | | | | explainable in English in one word, as English (and many |
| serpent), who bears a resemblance to Vedic Vala, a | | | | other European languages) does not use it (Sanskrit |
| Hindu Naga (serpent) and Asura (mostly sinful and | | | | does). Vocative is scarcely present in Slovak, but it still |
| power-seeking deities) mentioned in Rig Veda over | | | | occurs. The Wordnet dictionary of synonyms |
| twenty times. | | | | describes the term "vocative" as "the case (in some |
| Lord Shiva's attributes are materialized in a Slavic | | | | inflected languages) used when the referent of the |
| female deity called Siwa, Ziva, or Zivena - goddess of | | | | noun is being addressed". In addition, English and |
| fertility and love. A similarity with Sanskrit appears in | | | | possibly many other European languages, except for |
| the fact that the word "ZIVA" means (in Sanskrit) "the | | | | Russian and other Slavic languages, do not have, for |
| one who is kind". Unlike war or scorpion goddesses, | | | | example, other cases like the locative case. |
| goddesses of love are kind for most of the time. | | | | And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a |
| There is yet another similarity between Shiva and Ziva | | | | flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, |
| - goddess Kali and Morena, the sister of Ziva. Both Kali | | | | and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush |
| (Hindu goddess) and Morena (Slavic goddess) are | | | | was not consumed. |
| goddesses of death. In Hinduism, Kali is tightly | | | | |