The Qesse-ye Sanjan is the sole surviving account of the emigration of Zoroastrians from Iran to India to form the Parsi ('Persian') community. Written in Persian couplets in India in 1599 by a Zoroastrian priest, it is a work many know of, but few have actually read, let alone studied in depth. This book provides a romanised transcription from the oldest manuscripts, an elegant metrical translation, detailed commentary and, most importantly, a radical new theory of how such a text should be "re...
The words of Zarathustra, Prophet of Ancient Iran, have come down to us across the centuries through the Gathas, seventeen hymns which he composed and which embody the core of his faith. For the first time, the background provided by the Story of Creation is examined and a page from an unpublished manuscript at the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, is reproduced.
Story about inter-community marriage in modern India.
Lives of Sogdians in Medieval China (Asiatische Forschungen, #160)
by Moritz Huber
The Teachings of Zoroaster and the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion (New Edition)
by Kapadia S a Kapadia and S a Kapadia
Wrestling with the Demons of the Pahlavi Widewdad: Transcription, Translation, and Commentary (Iran Studies)
by Mahnaz Moazami
Evil, Good and Gender (Toronto Studies in Religion, v. 28)
by Jamsheed K. Choksy
Our Own Religion in Ancient Persia, Being Lectures Delivered in Oxford Presenting the Zend Avesta as
by Lawrence Heyworth Mills
Persia is home to one of the few civilizations in the world that has had a continuous tradition of philosophical thought lasting more than two and a half millennia. From the time Zoroaster brought the Gathas, the sacred scripture of Zoroastrianism, until today, it has had a philosophical tradition comprising diverse schools and various languages including Avestan and Pahlavi as well as Arabic and Persian. The West has seen surveys of Persian art and anthologies of Persian literature, but this wo...
Zoroastrian Theology from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
by Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla
Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings, and Religion of the Parsees
by Martin Haug and Edward William West
"A collection of four texts describing the nature of hell in the Zoroastrian religious tradition; includes selections from A Book of Scriptures (Hadhokht Nask), The Book of Ardâ Vîrâf (Arda Viraf Namak), Religious Judgments (Dadestan-i Denig) by Manuschihr, Book of the Judgments of the Spirit of Wisdom (Mainyo-I-Khard) "--Provided by publisher.
Asi Hablo Zaratustra (Clasicos Universales, #36) (Alba)
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Raumkonzeptionen Im Fruheren Zoroastrismus (Gottinger Orientforschungen, III. Reihe: Iranica, #14)
by Kianoosh Rezania
Parsism (Iconography of Religions / Iconography of Religions, Iran, #4)