Thу presented reseach work is to illustrate water’s archetype in context of the belletristic literature in XIX–XX centuries (represented in works of I. A. Bunin, L. N. Tolstoy, G. Hesse, V. O. Pelevin) and in the Eastern philosophical-religious ideas.

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6. Bunin I. A. Collected works in 9 volumes.М. : Fiction, 1965–1967. Vol. I. P. 328.

7. Bunin I. A. Collected works in 9volumes. М. : Fiction, 1965–1967. Vol. II.P. 428.

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10. Bunin I. A. Collected works in 9volumes. М. : Fiction, 1965–1967. Vol. V.P. 303–305.

11. Gesse G. Siddhartha. Minsk :Моgа – N, 1993. P. 92–108.

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14. Alan W. Watts The way of Zen.Kiev : Sofia, 1993. P. 108.

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16. Pelevin V. O. Chapaev and Void.М. : Vagrius, 1996. P. 242.