| And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a | | | | the time. |
| flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he | | | | There is yet another similarity between Shiva and |
| looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and | | | | Ziva - goddess Kali and Morena, the sister of Ziva. |
| the bush was not consumed. Exodus, 3:2 | | | | Both Kali (Hindu goddess) and Morena (Slavic |
| Sanskrit, the language used long ago by religious | | | | goddess) are goddesses of death. In Hinduism, Kali is |
| scribes and wise men, nowadays conveying ancient | | | | tightly associated with Shiva, as she is a form of |
| messages to us from holy texts, is presently only a | | | | Durga, the Shiva's consort. There is not a big |
| liturgical language like Latin. The Indian Vedas were | | | | difference between these two, as Shiva's association |
| written in Sanskrit. In addition to liturgical purposes, | | | | to Kali is as strong as Ziva's connection to Morena. If |
| this language is spoken at some places even today, | | | | we look at similarity in pronunciation, Slavic Morena |
| particularly in some institutions where people feel the | | | | has its equivalent in the Sanskrit word maraNaanta |
| need to reinvigorate it. In the Indian state of Madhya | | | | (coming to death). |
| Pradesh, there are villages where ordinary people | | | | As concerns symbolism, lingam is a Hindu (Shiva's) |
| speak Sanskrit. Sanskrit is used also in Mattur, a | | | | symbol for fertility - the same dimension that ancient |
| village in the Indian state of Karnataka. | | | | Slavs attributed to Ziva. |
| Sanskrit and other languages | | | | Vedic god Surya has his Slavic equivalent in goddess |
| Throughout their long but preserved history, the | | | | of beauty - Zora, Zarya, or Zori. There is also the |
| Hindu gods have taken other form than the one they | | | | word Zorya, which identifies less important |
| had originally had in the Vedas. At some historical | | | | goddesses - Slavic guardians of the dawn, but |
| times, Surya was more important than Vishnu. Shiva, | | | | connection to the sun is indisputable. |
| too, does not have his name (Shiva) in the Vedas. | | | | Summary of Slavic gods |
| Scholars believe that a much older name represents | | | | Rod (Creator) > Svarog (sun god and helper |
| him instead - Rudra, which sounds like the word used | | | | creator) > and his three sons > Svarozic, |
| for the most ancient Slavic god - Rod, who was the | | | | Dazhdbog, Perun. |
| primordial god - creator of the universe. | | | | Triglav is a Slavic word for god "with three heads", |
| The origin of the word "red" (English), or "rot" | | | | almost identical to Hindu Trinity (Trimurti). The oldest |
| (German) probably comes from the primordial | | | | meaning of the word Triglav characterized the |
| adoration of the god of fire, most likely a deity like | | | | following three deities - Svarog, Perun, and |
| Slavic Rod, Hindu Agni or Rudra. You will find many | | | | Dazhdbog; however, Veles or Svantovit later |
| words with similar sounding both in European | | | | replaced Dazhdbog. Triglav has its Hindu equivalent in |
| languages and Sanskrit - for example, the Sanskrit | | | | Brahma (almost always pictured with three heads), or |
| word "rakta" - English "red" ("rudy" in Czech, "rouge" | | | | Dattatreya - Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva in one - an |
| in French, "rojo" in Spanish, etc.). The origin of the | | | | incarnation of the divine Trinity (Trimurti). Hindus |
| word "red" most probably dwells in fire, which had | | | | believe that this form of God had once appeared |
| been adored and personified by all ancient and tribal | | | | here on earth. |
| cultures. | | | | Slavonic svastika |
| Every religion, although surely partially based on real | | | | Hindus use svastika as a symbol of good luck. |
| events, somehow deforms or changes over time. | | | | Boreyko coat of arms is the symbol of svastika |
| Slavic people have a legend about the creation of the | | | | pointing to the left; it had been used in Poland. |
| world: | | | | Svastika can also be found in symbolism of Svarog. |
| In the beginning, there was only the great darkness | | | | Sanskrit and Russian - comparison |
| and endless chaos. Its waves whirled in the empty | | | | Slavic languages are similar, so the comparison shown |
| space and flowed around the golden egg, which was | | | | below is made of words that sound equally and mean |
| in the middle. Rod - the originator of everything - was | | | | the same thing in Russian, Czech and Slovak. If you |
| in the egg. When Rod uttered his first word, his son | | | | want to find out more about Sanskrit words, visit |
| Svarog was born. | | | | this website - |
| The Slavic creation legends slightly vary in | | | | The first words on the left are in Russian, then |
| dependence on the region (Serbia, Slovenia, Russia, | | | | follow words in Sanskrit and finally you may learn |
| Poland, etc.). Swarog or Svarog is the Slavic sun and | | | | what they mean in English:kogda kada whennebo |
| fire god. In the Slavic religion, Svarga is heaven. In | | | | naaka heavensnežnij sahima |
| Sanskrit, Svarga is heaven too. | | | | snowymama maatR mombrat bhraatR brothervsegda |
| Some Hindu gods have remarkable similarity with | | | | sadaA alwaysputnik pathika pilgrim (or traveler)zit |
| Slavic deities - both in pronunciation and in significance. | | | | jiivati live ("jiivati" is pronounced similarly in Russian) |
| Sanskrit and Slavic words may not be always entirely | | | | We can also look at similarities in grammar. Slovaks |
| similar (in pronunciation and connotation), but may | | | | and Russians use vocative, which is a term hardly |
| carry remarkable elements of similarities like in the | | | | explainable in English in one word, as English (and |
| case of the Slavic god Veles (god of shepherds and | | | | many other European languages) does not use it |
| a great serpent), who bears a resemblance to Vedic | | | | (Sanskrit does). Vocative is scarcely present in |
| Vala, a Hindu Naga (serpent) and Asura (mostly sinful | | | | Slovak, but it still occurs. The Wordnet dictionary of |
| and power-seeking deities) mentioned in Rig Veda | | | | synonyms describes the term "vocative" as "the |
| over twenty times. | | | | case (in some inflected languages) used when the |
| Lord Shiva's attributes are materialized in a Slavic | | | | referent of the noun is being addressed". In addition, |
| female deity called Siwa, Ziva, or Zivena - goddess of | | | | English and possibly many other European languages, |
| fertility and love. A similarity with Sanskrit appears in | | | | except for Russian and other Slavic languages, do |
| the fact that the word "ZIVA" means (in Sanskrit) | | | | not have, for example, other cases like the locative |
| "the one who is kind". Unlike war or scorpion | | | | case. |
| goddesses, goddesses of love are kind for most of | | | | |