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The Avesta ( / əˈvɛstə /) is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism from at least the late Sassanid period (ca. 6th century CE). [1] It is composed in the Avestan language, [2] with the oldest surviving fragment of a text in the Avestan language dating to 1323 CE. [2]
We provide the complete text of the extant Avesta, the most ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, as well as many Middle Persian scriptures. It also includes information about the Avestan language, and other useful information for students of Zoroastrian religion.
This part of the site has complete online editions of the Sacred Books of the East's Zoroastrian texts: the three volume Avesta series, as well as the five volume Pahlavi series. The Zend Avesta, Part I: Vendîdâd (SBE 4) translated by James Darmesteter [1880] Part I of the SBE Avesta translation.
28 wrz 2019 · What are the key sacred texts of Zoroastrianism? These religious ideas are encapsulated in the sacred texts of the Zoroastrians and assembled in a body of literature called the Avesta.
this was the Avesta, or Zend - Avesta, the bible and prayer- book of Zoroaster, the prophet of ancient Iran. This work of antiquity, dating back some centuries before the Christian era, still forms, with the supplementary writings in the Pahlavi or
This chapter introduces the reader to an important theme in Zoroastrianism’s sacred texts, as well as to the major elements in the broader historical and theological contexts essential to the interpretation of that theme.
ZOROASTRIANISM zō’ rō ăs’ trĭ ən īzm. The religious concept taught by the Iranian sage, Zarathustra, and more properly known as Mazdaism. The early history of the movement is obscure and no firm historical or chronological information is extant.
