Tatyana Elizarenkova

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Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova (September 17, 1929,

Soviet Russian Indologist and linguist, known for her study of the Vedas
.

She was described by

RigVeda, and certainly, the greatest linguist of the RigVeda".[1] In 1972 she published a translation of selected Rigvedic hymns into Russian, which eventually evolved into a complete translation of Rigveda in the following decades, published by Nauka 1989-1999 (3 volumes). Her complete Russian translation of Atharvaveda
was published in 2005-2010 (3 volumes).

In 1976, together with her husband

Hindi
, and published numerous works on its grammar.

Elizarenkova and Toporov were also the chief driving forces of

Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School
.

India had honored her with the Padma Shri in 2004 for her contributions in the study of Vedas.[2]

Publications

  • Aorist v "Rigvede", 1950
  • I︠A︡zyk pali, 1965
  • Issledovanii︠a︡ po diakhronicheskoĭ fonologii indoariĭskikh i︠a︡zykov, 1974
  • The Pāli language, 1976
  • Grammatika vediĭskogo i︠a︡zyka, 1982
  • Vediĭskiĭ i︠a︡zyk, 1987
  • Language and style of the Vedic R̥ṣis, 1993
  • Words and things in the R̥gveda, 1995

Notes

  1. ^ Wendy Doniger's preface in Elizarenkova (1995, p. VII)
  2. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

References

  • Elizarenkova, Tatyana J. (1995), Language And Style Of The Vedic Rsis, Albany: State University of New York Press