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Кафедра русского и иностранных языков
МАТЕРИАЛЫ МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЙ
НАУЧНО-ПРАКТИЧЕСКОЙ КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ
Воронеж
2019
Печатается по решению научно-технического совета
ФГБОУ ВО «Воронежский государственный аграрный университет
имени императора Петра I»
УДК 811:005.745(06)
ББК 81.2я431
Д 44
Редакционная коллегия:
Т.Н. Данькова, А.С. Менжулова, Л.В. Гончар, Е.С. Саенко
ISBN 978-5-7267-1103-4
УДК 820/89.0
А.А. Семененко, к.и.н., учитель
МБОУ гимназия №2, Воронеж
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The authors of RV understand very clearly that the basic meaning of the
word áśvaḥ usually wrongly translated as ‘horse’ is in fact ‘a swift creature’ and
nothing more[4]. It is proved by the constant word-play with this term in
different chronological layers of the Samhita in expressions like ‘swift Ashva(s)’
(āśúm áśvam (I.117.9; VII.71.5), áśvaiḥ āśúbhiḥ (V.55.1), āśúaśvā (V.58.1),
āśúbhiḥ áśvebhir (VIII.5.7), áśvebhiḥ āśúbhiḥ (VIII.13.11), áśvāso āśávo
(X.78.5), áśvaṃ āśúm (X.107.10), áśvā āśávaḥ (X.119.3)), ‘the swiftest Ashvas’
(āśúaśvatamāḥ) (V.41.4), and ‘Ashva-swiftness’ (āśuáśviyam) (V.6.10;
VIII.6.24; VIII.31.18). Not only true horses but also many other animals —
among them Equus hemionus khur and Equus kiang both endemic in South Asia
— can be very swift and may therefore be called Ashvas.
Thus Pushan is described in RV as the best charioteer (rathī́tamaṃ
(VI.55.2), rathī́tamaḥ (VI.56.2, 3)) whose wheel is not breaking, whose truck
body is not falling down and whose felloe is not staggering (pūṣṇáś cakráṃ ná
riṣyati ná kóśo áva padyate | nó asya vyathate pavíḥ) (VI.54.3). But his Ashvas
drawing his chariot are not horses but goats (ajāśuva (I.138.4 — two times;
VI.55.3), pūṣáṇaṃ ajā́ śuvam (VI.55.4), ā́ jā́ saḥ pūṣáṇaṃ ráthe vahantu (VI.55.6),
ajā́ anyásya váhnayo (VI.57.3), ajā́ śuvaḥ pūṣā́ (VI.58.2), ajā́ śuvaḥ pūṣā́
(IX.67.10), ā́ te ráthasya pūṣann ajā́ dhúraṃ vavr̥tyuḥ (X.26.8))! Goats are
depicted as driving (divine) chariots in ancient Greek, Roman and German
traditions also.
This information taken from both the earliest (VI and IX Mandalas) and
the late (cycles I and X) chronological layers of the Samhita demonstrates that
the whole of RV was composed at an early state of the chariot-invention and -
construction when Indo-Aryans freely experimented with the drawing animals
yoking goats, donkeys (úpāsthād vājī́ dhurí rā́ sabhasya (I.162.21); kúva trī́ cakrā́
trivŕt̥ o ráthasya kúva tráyo vandhúro yé sánīḷāḥ | kadā́ yógo vājíno rā́ sabhasya
yéna yajñáṃ nāsatiyopayātháḥ (I.34.9); párā yāhi maghavann ā́ ca yāhi índra
bhrātar ubhayátrā te ártham | yátrā ráthasya br̥ható nidhā́ naṃ vimócanaṃ vājíno
rā́ sabhasya (III.53.5); yuñjā́ thāṃ rā́ sabhaṃ ráthe (VIII.85.7)) and bulls (aśvinā
revád uvāha sacanó rátho vāṃ vr̥ṣabháś ca śiṃśumā́ raś ca yuktā́ (I.116.18);
br̥hadrathā́ br̥hatī́ viśvaminvā́ uṣā́ jyótir yachati ágre áhnām || eṣā́ góbhir
aruṇébhir yujānā́ ásredhantī rayím áprāyu cakre) (V.80.2–3); dvayā́ m̐ agne
rathíno viṃśatíṃ gā́ vadhū́ mato maghávā máhya samrā́ ṭ | abhyāvartī́ cāyamānó
dadāti (VI.27.8)). Thus Indra’s chariot is many times described as being drawn
by bulls (I.177.1–4; II.16.4–6; III.43.2, 3, 4, 6; V.36.5; VI.44.19–21; VIII.4.11,
13–14; VIII.33.4, 10–12, 14; X.49.2, 11; X.112.2). Bull is yoked for the battle
(dhr̥ṣṇúṃ yád ráṇe vŕ̥ṣaṇaṃ yunájan) (VI.67.11) i.e. evidently in the chariot and
not just a cart or wagon. Humped bulls are the drawing animals of Ashvins’
chariot (ugró vāṃ kakuhó yayíḥ śr̥ṇvé yā́ meṣu saṃtaníḥ | yád vāṃ dáṃsobhir
aśvinā átrir narāvavártati (V.73.7); suṣṭúbho vāṃ vr̥ṣaṇvasū ráthe vā́ ṇīcī ā́ hitā |
utá vāṃ kakuhó mr̥gáḥ pŕ̥kṣaḥ kr̥ṇoti vāpuṣó (V.75.4); vacyánte vāṃ kakuhā́ so
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jūrṇā́ yām ádhi viṣṭápi | yád vāṃ rátho víbhiṣ pátāt (I.46.3), aśvinā váhanti yát
kakuhā́ so ráthe vām (IV.44.2)). Pay attention to the very name of Ashvins
whose Ashvas are donkeys and (humped) bulls! Even cow is yoked in the
chariot: gaúr dhayati marútãṃ śravasyúr mātā́ maghónām yuktā́ váhnī ráthānãm
(VIII.94.1).
That Rigvedic Ashvas are just Swift Creatures or Powers and nothing
more is further proved by the numerous mentions of the birds called Ashvas or
described as drawing chariots: vāṃ rátho víbhiṣ pátāt (I.46.3); yuvám bhujyúm
árṇaso níḥ samudrā́ d víbhir ūhathur r̥jarébhir áśvaiḥ (I.117.14); ā́ vāṃ rátho
aśvinā śyenápatvā (I.118.1); ā́ vāṃ śyenā́ so aśvinā vahantu ráthe yuktā́ sa āśávaḥ
pataṃgā́ ḥ (I.118.4); ā́ vāṃ ráthaṃ yuvatís tiṣṭhad átra juṣṭvī́ narā duhitā́
sū́ riyasya | pári vām áśvā vápuṣaḥ pataṃgā́ váyo vahantu aruṣā́ abhī́ke (I.118.5);
urú vāṃ ráthaḥ pári nakṣati dyā́ m ā́ yát samudrā́ d abhí vártate vām || síndhur ha
vāṃ rasáyā siñcad áśvān ghr̥ṇā́ váyo aruṣā́ saḥ pári gman | tád ū ṣú vām ajiráṃ
ceti yā́ naṃ (IV.43.5–6); ā́ yád vāṃ sūriyā́ ráthaṃ tíṣṭhad raghuṣyádaṃ sádā |
pári vām aruṣā́ váyo ghr̥ṇā́ varanta ātápaḥ (V.73.5); ā́ vāṃ rátho ráthānãṃ
yáyiṣṭho yātu aśvinā || arvācīnā́ víbhiḥ dīyatam (V.74.8–9); rathíyā víbhiś aśvinā
|| ā́ vāṃ áśvāsaḥ pruṣitápsavaḥ váyo vahantu (V.75.5–6); ā́ vāṃ váyo áśvāso
váhiṣṭhā abhí práyo nāsatiyā vahantu | prá vāṃ rátho asarji (VI.63.7); ā́ na
stómam úpa dravát tū́ yaṃ śyenébhir āśúbhiḥ | yātám áśvebhir aśvinā || yébhis
tisráḥ parāváto divó víśvāni rocanā́ | trī́m̐r aktū́ n paridī́yathaḥ (VIII.5.7–8); vāṃ
rátho víbhiṣ pátāt (VIII.5.22); éhá vām pruṣitápsavo váyo vahantu parṇínaḥ
(VIII.5.33); hiraṇyáyena ráthena dravátpāṇibhir áśvaiḥ nā́ satiyā (VIII.5.35). It is
important to point out that these mentions and/or descriptions of birds–Ashvas
(yoked in divine chariots) are found both in the earliest and in the late layers of
RV text. Rigvedic evidence is further supported by the information yielded by
two more Indo-European traditions — ancient Greek and Roman.
Ashvas belonging to Maruts are called spotty — which is true not only of
horses but also of deer: sá hí svasŕ̥t pŕ̥ṣadaśvo yúvā gaṇó (I.87.4); pŕ̥ṣadaśvā
marútaḥ (I.89.7); ádha yád eṣām pr̥thubudhnā́ sa étās tasthúḥ || práti ghorā́ ṇām
étānām ayā́ sām marútāṃ śr̥ṇva āyatā́ m upabdíḥ (I.169.6–7); ukṣánte áśvām̐
átiyām̐ ivājíṣu nadásya kárṇais turayanta āśúbhiḥ | maruto yātha pŕ̥ṣatībhiḥ
(II.34.3); pŕ̥ṣadaśvāso (II.34.4); pŕ̥ṣadaśvāso (III.26.6); marutaḥ pr̥ṣadaśvā
(VII.40.3). These spotty Ashvas or deer are yoked in Maruts’ chariots: úpo
rátheṣu pŕ̥ṣatīr ayugdhuvam práṣṭir vahati róhitaḥ (I.39.6); yán maruto rátheṣu ā́
vŕ̥ṣavrātāsaḥ pŕ̥ṣatīr áyugdhuvam || prá yád rátheṣu pŕ̥ṣatīr áyugdhvaṃ (I.85.4–
5); áto vayám antamébhir yujānā́ ḥ svákṣatrebhis | máhobhir étām̐ úpa yujmahe
nú (I.165.5); marúto pŕ̥ṣadaśvāso 'vánayo ná ráthā (I.186.8); pŕ̥ṣatīr ayukṣata
marúto (III.26.4); kó vā purā́ sumnéṣu āsa marútām | yád yuyujré kilāsíyaḥ ||
aítā́ n rátheṣu tasthúṣaḥ káḥ śuśrāva (V.53.1–2); vimócane ví yád vártanta
eníyaḥ(V.53.7); śúbhaṃ yātā́ m ánu ráthā avr̥tsata || yád áśvān dhūrṣú pŕ̥ṣatīr
áyugdhuvaṃ | śúbhaṃ yātā́ m ánu ráthā avr̥tsata (V.55.5–6); suáśvā stha suráthāḥ
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pr̥śnimātaraḥ suāyudhā́ maruto yāthanā śúbham || śubhé pŕ̥ṣatīr áyugdhuvam ||
marúto piśáṅgāśvā aruṇā́ śvā (V.57.2–4); yát prā́ yāsiṣṭa pŕ̥ṣatībhir áśvair
vīḷupavíbhir maruto ráthebhiḥ (V.58.6); ā́ yé tasthúḥ pŕ̥ṣatīṣu śrutā́ su sukhéṣu
rudrā́ marúto rátheṣu (V.60.2); anenó vo maruto yā́ mo astu anaśváś cid yám ájati
árathīḥ (VI.66.7); yád eṣām pŕ̥ṣatī ráthe práṣṭir váhati róhitaḥ | yā́ nti śubhrā́
(VIII.7.28).
The probable candidate to the prototype of the image of spotty Ashvas of
Maruts in RV is the chital deer (Axisaxis). Rigvedic descriptions of spotty deer
yoked into Maruts’ chariots are supported by the ancient Greek tradition of
pottery painting with the depictions of spotted deer as driving animals of gods.
We see that in RV: 1. The horned deer and goats are called Ashvas; 2. The
rays of Ushas are named Ashvas (yukṣvā́ hí áśvām̐ adyā́ ruṇā́ m̐ uṣaḥ (I.92.15);
aruṇébhir áśvair ā́ uṣā́ yātisuyújā ráthena (I.113.14)); 3. The rays of Surya–Indra
are called Ashvas (r̥téna rtám ápihitaṃ dhruváṃ vāṃ sū́ ryasya yátra vimucánti
áśvān | dáśa śatā́ sahá tasthus tád ékaṃ devā́ nāṃ śréṣṭhaṃ vápuṣām apaśyam
(V.62.1); ā́ tvā sahásram | brahmayújo háraya indra váhantu (VIII.1.24)) (Surya
is the form of Indra (IV.26.1; IV.31.14–15; VIII.93.4) and his vajra
(VIII.70.2));4. Agni’s flames are numerously named Ashvas (te agne bhā́ māsaḥ
śúcayaś caranti || yé te śukrā́ saḥ śúcayaḥ śuciṣmaḥ áśvāḥ (VI.6.3–4); agne
rohidaśva (I.45.2); ágne róhidaśva (VIII.43.16); ágne táva tyé ajara índhānāso
br̥hád bhã́ ḥ áśvā iva (VIII.23.11); rohidaśvópa yāhi (X.98.9); ásya pátmann
áruṣīr áśvabudhnā (X.8.3); jīráaśvo agnír (I.141.12); agnír jīrā́ śvaḥ (II.4.2); agne
vibhávo hí áśvāḥ (III.6.9); agníḥ áśvai rábhasvadbhī rábhasvām̐ éhá gamyāḥ
(X.3.7); nárāśáṃso viśvárūpebhir áśvaiḥ (X.70.2); áśvā (III.7.2))used by him for
drawing (ágne yukṣvā́ hí yé táva áśvāso (VI.16.43); yukṣvā́ hí áśvām̐ agne
(VIII.75.1); áśvān yuyuje (X.79.7); váhiṣṭhair áśvaiḥ (X.70.3); 5. Winds–Vatas
are called Ashvas yoked for drawing (vā́ tān hí áśvān dhurí āyuyujré rudríyāsaḥ)
(V.58.7); 6. Force or Energy (ójaso) is understood as the true meaning of the
image of Ashva (áśvād iyāya íti yád vádanti ójaso jātám utá manya enam)
(X.73.10); 8. The poets of RV many times and deliberately and in different
chronological layers of the text play with the sense of the word as designating
‘swift’. Considering all these facts we state that in RV the term áśvaḥ means
«[any] swift creature or force». Therefore, we characterize the translation of this
word as ‘a [true] horse’ given by T. Ya. Elizarenkova, S. W. Jamison and
J. P. Brereton and others as a mistake — as a very often poorly grounded
extrapolation and as a typical specimen of substitution of exegesis (i.e. the
extracting of the true sense of the word inserted into the text by its author(s)) by
eisegesis (i.e. the introduction of the interpreter’s own presuppositions into the
text).
In RV the chariots of Indo-Aryan Devas are depicted as drawn by wild
creatures never used for that in reality — spotty deer for Maruts, birds for
Ashvins (and also probably Maruts (V.53.3)), Shimshumara (either the dolphin
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or the crocodile) for Ashvins (I.116.18). Thus the description of an animal as
used for riding or driving does not at all mean that this animal was tamed and
domesticated and exploited in the economy of Indo-Aryans during the period of
RV composition. We know that some unknown Equidae (Equus ferus caballus /
Equus hemionus khur / Equus kiang), goats, horned deer, spotty deer and birds
are all called Ashvas in the Samhita. But the description of these Ashvas as
yoked in chariots does not at all prove that these creatures were already
domesticated during the time of the respective hymns’ composition. This is
especially true for such Equidae as true horses or khurs or kiangs. The
description of Ashvas’ yoking in chariots does not at all prove their
domestication the same as the description of yoking in Rathas such animals as
spotted deer of Maruts, birds of Ashvins and Maruts, Shimshumara of Ashvins
and Indra’s lions (at least some of his Haris, compare also lions as driving or
riding animals of gods in other Indo-European traditions) does not prove their
domestication.
Thus we see that: 1. RV does not give us any incontrovertible evidence
proving that Ashvas described in it are only and exclusively true horses; 2. On
the contrary RV calls Ashvas absolutely different species of living beings —
the horned deer of Indra, the spotty deer of Maruts, the goats of Pushan, the
birds of Ashvins; 3. RV does not contain any irrefutable proof that Ashvas
mentioned in it were already domesticated and not just seen in the wild around
Rigvedic settlements and their inhabitants (what is still true for khurs in Gujarat
and kiangs in Himalayan region and Tibet). These factual conclusions make us
regard the so called ‘horse argument’ in the history of Rigvedic Indo-Aryans as
fictional and non-existent. Therefore, we can date RV prior to the ubiquitous
substitution of (humped) bulls and donkeys and goats as chariot-drawing
animals by true horses i.e. earlier than 2000 BCE.
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