- AVESTA -- Zoroastrian Archives
Bejon N Desai: Learning Avesta Manual Copyright © 2004 Bejon N Desai Used with permission kindly acquired by the help of Nader M Patel, Mumbai, and scanned by Soli Dastur
- AVESTA: YASNA: (English)
Yasna, the sacred liturgical texts of the Avesta (Zoroastrian scriptures), which include the Gathas, or sacred hymns of Zarathushtra
- 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: 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
- 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
- Old Persian Texts - Avesta
The Achaemenian Kings left extensive cuneiform inscriptions in Old Persian dated roughly between 600 BCE and 300 BCE They also left ruins which have been described as the most grandiose of the ancient world While it is by no means certain that they were orthodox Zoroastrians, the majority opinion among scholars is that this is very likely One of the strongest arguments for this is the
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