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.

The central scripture is the Avesta. 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.

Oct 10, 2021 · Yasna, the sacred liturgical texts of the Avesta (Zoroastrian scriptures), which include the Gathas, or sacred hymns of Zarathushtra.

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.

The “Khordeh Avesta,” intended for the use of the devotees, is a collec- tion of the forms of prayers most required by them at various seasons and in the various circumstances of their lives.

AVESTA: KHORDA AVESTA (Book of Common Prayer) NOTE: PDF, epub, and audio versions are now available.

AVESTA: VENDIDAD (English): Fargard 2. Yima (Jamshed) and the deluge. This digital edition prepared by Joseph H. Peterson, 1995. Translated by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the East, American Edition, 1898.) Compare this chapter with the ancient description given of it in the Denkard, Dk Book 8, Chapter 44.

Avesta, the ancient and sacred language of the Parsees, bears a close affinity to Sanskrit, the classical and learned mother-tongue of the Hindus. It is a branch of the great Aryan stock of languages, called by philologists Indo-European.

This Yasht, one of the longest of the Avesta and one of the most interesting in a literary point of view, is not very instructive for mythology. It consists of long descriptive pieces, sometimes rather spirited, and of fervent prayers and invocations for mercy or protection.

There are also several Pazand Mss. of the Bundahishn, written in Avesta characters, No.22 of the collection of Avesta and Pahlavi Mss., in the India office Library is old and has the date 936 A.Y. (1567 A.D.) and is perhaps one of the best of its kind.