Re: bhaga, bon:ga

--- In cybalist@..., "kalyan97" <kalyan97@...> wrote:

> bhaga = "dispenser" , gracious lord , patron (applied to gods ,

esp.

> to Savitr.) R.gveda; Skt. lexicon adds: Zd. {bagha} = Old Pers.
> {baga} ; Gk.Slav. {bogu} , %{bogatu} ; Lith. {bagotas},{na-bagas}.]
>
> There is a Santali (Munda) word: bon:ga which also refers to a
> divinity,. e.g. sin: bon:ga = sun god.
>
> Could these be cognates? If so, did Munda have borrowed the word

from

> PIE or IE or Indo-Iranian?

Try this:

http://www.angelfire.com/rant/tgpedersen/Hbhg.html

for other cognates.

Torsten