Re: Cowpokes and Centaurs.

From: Alexander Stolbov
Message: 137
Date: 1999-10-31

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Mark Odegard wrote:
 
<<Whatever the case, Alexander and Piotr seem to be recapturing a genuine IE *word* [*kent- stem], one used in the management of cattle. I'd be interested to see what Sanskrit or Avestan might turn up in way of a cognate.>>
Does anybody have access to original texts of Avesta and Atharvaveda?
 
The word 'goad' (in Russian strekalo) is mentionen in Atharvaveda III, 25.
 
In the 2nd fragard of Videvdat (Vendidad) it is told how Yima extended the earth striking it with 2 sacral tools. Usually these tools are translated as 'arrow' and 'golden lash'. However there is a variant of translation 'whip' and 'goad'.
 
It would would be interesting to see what literally is written in Avestan and Vedic.
 
Alexander Stolbov
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