A line of argument compares Evenki šamān with Sanskrit śramaṇa through documented Central Asian reflexes, but the exact transmission and sound history into Tungusic are not demonstrated.
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šamān
Evenki ritual or spiritual specialist
OPEN NODE 363 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedSanskrit · Sanskrit Buddhist term · ascetic monk candidateśramaṇa
ascetic; monk
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A Buddhist ascetic or monk term is proposed as the source of a Tungusic ritual-specialist word.
Hypothetical Central Asian contact before the European record of the Evenki word.
Peter Zieme and prior scholars reviewed by him
speculative — Zieme presents the comparison as one of several theories and quotes the absence of direct evidence for the required transmission.
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SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Shaman — Word HistoryWord History — ultimately Evenki šamān
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗The English dictionary’s secure trail stops at Evenki.
A Note on the Word “Shaman” in Old Turkicpp. 137–139 — Sanskrit and Central Asian comparison; direct-evidence gap
challengesAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the comparative hypothesis while explicitly preserving the missing transmission evidence that keeps it speculative.
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