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Zoroastrianism and Avesta: Overview and FAQ The most sacred sections of the Avesta are the Gathas or Hymns of Zarathushtra; they are also the most enigmatic Later sacred literature includes the Pahlavi Texts, which contain extensive quotations and paraphrases from lost Avesta texts
AVESTA: YASNA: (English) Yasna, the sacred liturgical texts of the Avesta (Zoroastrian scriptures), which include the Gathas, or sacred hymns of Zarathushtra
AVESTA: VENDIDAD: Table of Contents Of the twenty-one books of the Sasanian canon of the Avesta that were detailed in the Denkard, this is the only one which has survived in its entirety James Darmesteter translated the text in 1880, relying heavily on the Pahlavi translation In 1898 he published a revised translation
Daily Zoroastrian prayers recorded - Avesta Navjote prayers, recorded by Dastoorji N D Minochehr-Homji from his album, Homage to Ahura Mazda (1979) Daily Zoroastrian prayers recorded (from the Khorda Avesta) See also Soli Dastur's youtube channel See also, The Daily Obligatory Prayers, By Sensei Mobed Zarrir Bhandara See also Multimedia Yasna (from SOAS)
AVESTA Avesta is the oldest extant language of the Indo-Iranian and Indo-European family of languages It is the mother of other Iranian languages like Old Persian, Middle Persian, Kurdish, Pashtu and Ossetic
A Practical Grammar of the Avesta Language A Practical Grammar of the Avesta Language by Kavasji Edalji Kanga NOTE: You will need Avestan fonts in order to read some of this text See scans of all pages
Overview of the Avestan language Gender Avesta NOUNS can be masculine, feminine, or neuter gender Gender doesn't necessarily correspond to sex
KHORDEH AVESTĀ The Khordeh Avesta is a collection of prayers selected from other major works of extant Avesta literature such as Yasna, Vispered, Vendidad, and the Yasht Literature