A. V. Williams Jackson, the princely gift from the Parsis of Bombay of five manuscripts of the Avesta. This year the university is further enriched by a sixth codex, which Prof. Jackson has just ...

In the Avesta, Shathra is referred to as “the eternal realm of Ahura Mazda,” “the indestructible land,” and “the path to ...

The Avesta is the religious book of the Zoroastrian religion. Scholars debate the dates and geography of Zoroaster’s life, but his religion was practiced at the time of the earliest historically ...

The centre will offer undergraduate, graduate and doctorate programmes in Avesta, the language of the Zoroastrian scriptures. A memorandum of understanding to set up the facility had been signed ...

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Corinne Redfern spends a week with the Zoroastrians Some days, when Duya Ahmed Gadir wakes up, she lies in bed a little longer than usual. Against the buzz of an air conditioning pump outside her ...

Elsewhere in the Middle East, and especially in Persia and Central Asia, many people were adherents of Zoroastrianism, a religion founded by the Persian sage Zoroaster in the 6th century BCE. It ...

Mumbai is home to several Zoroastrians, who shifted here from Persia and Iran after the Islamic invasions in these countries. Today, the largest population of Zoroastrians resides in India and ...

“Ar¿duui Sura Anahita: An Indo-European River Goddess,” Thus Spoke Zarathushtra: International Conference of Scholars on Zoroastrianism, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2-3 June 2012.

readings from the Quran; a Zend Avesta (Zoroastrian) quotation; a hymn which may be Hindi, Bengali, or some Christian song in translation; and a joyous tuneful recital of the name of Ram ...

In India, an ancient religion known as Zoroastrianism is under threat. There are fewer than 60,000 believers and their numbers are projected to fall further. The UN says this is "alarming", and ...

The Arabic term ‘Zoroastrians’ (majūs) frequently features in early Islamic discourse as a synonym for ‘Other’. Muslims used it to describe groups they perceived as pagan, heretical or deviant. Hence ...