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The Zend-Avesta Part 1 The Vendidad: Author: James Darmesteter: Software used: Internet Archive: Conversion program: Recoded by LuraDocument PDF v2.68: Encrypted: no: Page size: 420 x 595 pts: Version of PDF format: 1.5
Vedanta-Sutras, part 1/3 Commentary by Sankaracharya, part 1 of 2; Adhyâya I–II (Pâda I–II). 35 Bud 1890: T. W. Rhys Davids: The Questions of King Milinda, part 1/2 Milindapañha; 36 Bud 1894: T. W. Rhys Davids: The Questions of King Milinda, part 2/2 Milindapañha; 37 Zor 1892: E. W. West: Pahlavi Texts, part 4/5 Contents of the Nasks ...
The name of the texts is a contraction of the Avestan language Vî-Daêvô-Dāta, "Given Against the Daevas (Demons)", and as the name suggests, the Vendidad is an enumeration of various manifestations of evil spirits, and ways to confound them.
He continued his research with his Études iraniennes (1883), and ten years later published a complete translation of the Avesta and associated Zend (lit. "commentary"), with historical and philological commentary of his own (Zend Avesta, 3 vols., 1892–1893) in the Annales du Musée Guimet.
The first was the treatment of "Zend" and "Avesta" as synonyms and the mistaken use of "Zend-Avesta" as the name of Zoroastrian scripture. This mistake derives from a misunderstanding of the distinctions made by priests between manuscripts for scholastic use ("Avesta-with-Zand"), and manuscripts for liturgical use ("clean"). In western ...
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Zoroastrian literature is the corpus of literary texts produced within the religious tradition of Zoroastrianism.These texts span the languages of Avestan, named after the famous Zoroastrian work known as the Avesta, and Middle Persian (Pahlavi), which includes a range of Middle Persian literature.
In its present form, the Avesta is a compilation from various sources, and its different parts date from different periods and vary widely in character. Only texts in the Avestan language are considered part of the Avesta. According to the Denkard, the Avesta of the Sasanian period was organized into 21 nasks (books).