… The Avesta comprises not only the texts in Avestan, but also their Middle Persian … dialectal identification of the Avestan language is problematic. It is safe to say only that Avestan is a non…
… His detailed knowledge of Vedic, Avestan and Old Persian, … Avestan grammar. For various comments on smaller or larger parts of this thesis, for academic teaching in the field of Avestan…
… Avestan texts are all Young Avestan. Among these latter we distinguish between Young Avestan … and texts compiled at a stage when Young Avestan was no longer a living language …
This Introduction to Avestan provides a concise grammar of the Avestan language, the language of the followers of the Iranian prophet Zarathustra. The grammar focuses on spelling, …
… After I had a first draft ready, I was able to use Kellens's study of the Avestan verb, because the author was so kind as to send me the proofs of his book. In cases where I doubted, I have …
… , his development from the stage at which the Indian Mitra is found in the Rig Veda, and the extent to which the Western Mithras has preserved the characteristics of the Avestan Mithra. …
… the transition period between Old and Young Avestan, which gives us a total of ca… Avestan period. This gives us the following chronological framework (if we assume that Young Avestan …
… latter is closer to Young Avestan than Old Avestan, such as the … Avestan yeŋ́he rather than Old Avestan yehiiā, or the comparative form vaŋ́hō ‘better’ which contrasts with Old Avestan …
… The corpus of Avestan … of Avestan texts accompanied by their Pahlavi translations and commentaries, known as Zand . Sasanian Pahlavi translations and commentaries of Avestan texts …
For the first time, this work treats in a comprehensive manner the Rašn Yašt, or ‘Hymn to Justice’. The Rašn Yašt stands in praise of the Zoroastrian deity Rašnu ‘Justice’and belongs to …