The Vedic hapax vī́cyā (ṚS 10,10.6) and ví- obscenum: linguistic and philological notes on Vedic sexual slang

Kulikov, Leonid
(2023) Medhótá Śrávaḥ: Felicitation volume in honour of Mislav Ježić on the occasion of his seventieth birthday — ISBN: [978-953-347-470-0], p. 61-77, published

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The first part of this paper offers a new analysis of an obscure passage from the dialogue hymn Ṛgveda 10,10 (pāda ṚS 10,10.6d), paying special attention to the meaning of the unclear hapax vī́cyā, which I tentatively translate as ‘taking an obscene posture’. The second part of the paper discusses a number of other formations (foremost, verbal compounds) containing the preverb ví- that are employed in obscene contexts as well as some other lexemes belonging to the sexual register (slang).
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Kulikov, L. (2023). The Vedic hapax vī́cyā (ṚS 10,10.6) and ví- obscenum: linguistic and philological notes on Vedic sexual slang. In Ivan Andrijanić, Petteri Koskikallio, Krešimir Krnic, Sven Sellmer, Przemysław Szczurek (ed.), Medhótá Śrávaḥ: Felicitation volume in honour of Mislav Ježić on the occasion of his seventieth birthday (p. p. 61-77). Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Dev Publishers. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/224529