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A Comparative Analysis of the Phrases of the First Chapter of the Waršt-Mānsar Nask from the Ninth Book of Dēnkard with Various Parts of the Avesta and Zand

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Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Poorchista Goshtasbi Ardakany 1
Zohreh Zarshenas 2
Farzaneh Goshtasb 2
1 Ph.D Candidate of Ancient Iranian Languages, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran.
2 Professor of Ancient Iranian Languages, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/aclr.2024.2037170.1118
Abstract
The Dēnkard is the most important Middle Persian text that contains the contents of the Avesta and Zand. The second Gāhānīg Nask from the 9th book of Dēnkard is called Waršt-Mānsar Nask. In this research, the first chapter of the Waršt-Mānsar Nask, which is called aēϑrapaitiš, is examined and for the first time in the world, its expressions are matched with various parts of the Avesta and Zand in order to determine from which part of the Avesta and Zand the contents of this chapter have been taken. According to the findings of this research, the name of this chapter has been taken from the Yasna, Hāt 65, verse 9 and the contents of this chapter have been taken from parts of the Yasna, Gathas, Yashts, Vendidad and Visperad. The phrases from this chapter that are in accordance with the Yasna and Vendidad differ from Zand and its interpretations in the writing style, but they are similar in content, because the author of the Dēnkard has created fragmants using the Avesta and did not directly translate or interpret the Avesta. The author of the Dēnkard has written the contents of Avesta by selecting, summarizing and combining the Avesta verses with each other in this chapter .
Keywords
the 9th book of Dēnkard"
Waršt-Mānsar Nask"
Pahlavi texts"
hērbed"
Zand of Avesta"
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the Avesta

  • Receive Date 30 July 2024
  • Revise Date 07 December 2024
  • Accept Date 12 December 2024