The Ukhtagirk, the sacred "Book of Vows", suggests a monistic theology: the beginning of the first section of the book avers that «in the beginning was the Ar, and Ara was the creator» [REF].
Ar is the life-giving root,[REF] and as a word it is the origin of other words like art ("arable", culture, art), aryyun ("blood"), arganda ("womb"), Areva (the Sun), Ara (manifested Ar), Ari (acting with Ar), Chari (opposing Ar) [REF].