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82. KANGA (Ervad Maneck
Fardunji) (Ed. and Tr.)
Citak Handarz I
Poryotkesan: Pahlavi Text. Bombay: The Author, 1960. xiii, 118p.
It is a translation of
Pahlavi text "Citak Handarz i Poryotkesan" into English with
transcription and critical glossary. Also gives a list of authors who
have dealt with this Pahlavi text.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
83. KANGA (Ervard Maneck
Furdoonji) (Tr.)
Khordeh Avesta. Bombay:
The Trustees of the Parsi Panchayat Funds and Properties, 1993. 511p.
Transliterated and
translated into English with copious explanatory notes from Gujarati
original "Khordeh-Avesta-Ba-Mayeni" of Ervad Kavasji Edulji
Kanga. It comprises Ashem, Yatha, the five Neyayeshes, the five Gahs,
Vispa Humata, Nam-setayeshne, Patet Pashemanee, all the Nirangs, Bajs
and Namaskars, and sixteen Yashts.
Available at IGNCA.
84. KANGA (Ervad Maneck F.)
(Tr.)
Pahlavi version of Yashts.
Bombay: The Author, 1941. x, 109p.
Translation of Pahlavi
Yasts into English first time with copious notes and an introduction.
Available at IGNCA.
85. KANGA (Ervad M.F.) and
SONTAKKE (N.S.) (Ed.)
Avesta: the Sacred
Scripture of the Parsees. 3 pts. Poona: Vaidika Samsodhana Mandala,
1962. Variant pagination: ill.
Contents: Pt. I Yasna and
Visparat. Pt. 2 Khordeh Avesta and Yasts. Pt. 3 Vendidad and fragments.
It is an edited version
of the Avesta in Devanagari script. The editor deals with the language,
thought and other cultural aspects in the Veda and the Avesta for the
comparative and comprehensive knowledge of both the scriptures. Avesta
is the sacred literature of the Iranian people and may be classified
under five main divisions:-
1. Yasna - its consists
mainly of ascriptions of praise and prayer and in it are inserted the
Gaoas or hymns, verses from the sermons of Zaraoushtra, which form the
oldest and most sacred part of the Avesta.
2. Visparat consists of
additions to the portions of the Yasna which it resembles in language
and in form.
3. Yasts (Yashts)
4. Khordeh Avesta
consists of brief prayers of praises and blessings to be recited daily
or on special occasions.
5. Vendidad is a priestly
code in 22 chapters called Frakarts, corresponding to the Pentateuch in
the Bible.
Available at IGNCA.
86. KAPADIA (D.D.)
Avesta Words denoting the
Day and Night, their significance and the Gahs of the Ancient Persians.
Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute Vol. 18. Jan; 1957. (Taraporewala
Memorial Volume) Poona. pp.381-388.
It gives in detail the
study of Avestan words denoting Day and Night and very informative
description of the Gahs according to Nirangistan, a book on Zoroastrian
rituals.
Available at ASI Library.
87. KARAKA (Dosabhai Framji)
History of the Parsis:
including their manners, customs, religion and present position. 2V.
London: Macmillan, 1884: ill.
Deals with the
distinguished Parsis of Gujarat and Bombay - their manners, customs,
religion, about Zoroaster, the Parsi creed, monotheism and fire -
reverence. Progress and present position, the early history of Persia,
the Zoroastrians in Persia and the Zoroastrians in India - their manners
and customs, internal government and law, original language of the
Parsis, education of the Parsis.
Available at IGNCA.
88. KASHYAP (Rulia Ram)
Vedic origins of
Zoroastrianism. Lahore: Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College Managing Committee,
1940. viii, 153p.
Comparative study of the
Vedic Samhitas and Parsi scriptures. Gives also the similarity of the
Avestan and Sanskrit language. Asura in Veda and Ahura in Mantra-Brahmana
of the Sama Veda Samhita and Gobhil Grihya Sutra are the same. The
Gathic references to the Vedas opens a new chapter in the study of Parsi
origins and further tries to show that the Parsi concept of the Supreme
Being can be traced down to its Vedic foundation. The general reader
today seems to keep the believers in the Avestan scriptures apart from
those who follow the Vedas, many of the religious beliefs of the Parsis
undoubtedly hearken back to the times when both drew their religious
inspiration from the fountain head of all religions, the Vedas.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
89. KATRAK (Jamshid Cawasji)
Age of Zarathushtra.
Bombay: The Author, 1968. 78p.
Paper read at the World
Congress of Iranologists, Teheran, 1966. Discusses the age of
Zarathushtra, the Holy Prophet of Ancient Iran and the first Prophet of
the World and of humanity.
Available at IGNCA.
90. KHABARDAR (Ardeshir
Framji)
New light on the Gathas
of holy Zarathushtra. Bombay: The Author, 1949. 844p.
Deals with the
transliteration of the corrected original text in English, Gujarati and
Devanagari scripts of all the stanzas of the seven Yasnas of Ahunavaiti
Gatha and their translation in English and Gujarati prose and Gujarati
verse, together with their transformation in the pre-vedic written
language with full notes, explanation, grammar etc., and Vedic time
meanings in English and Gujarati of every word and its vedic form. Also
deals with the origin of the Mantric speech in the Gathas, the
definition of Ashoi in the Gathas, the Astrological foundation of the
Gathas and their philosophy, the birth-era of Asho Zarathushtra and its
remote antiquity, a glossary of Gathic words found in the Vedas, the
peculiarities of Avestan alphabet and the principal difference between
Gatha and Sanskrit phonology, and with copious notes in regard to the
deep and vast researches made in respect of the Zarathushtrian religion.
Available at IGNCA.
91. Khordeh Avesta: in
Roman script. 3rd ed. Bombay: Jehangir B. Karani, 1972. xxi, 323p.
Contains prayers in Roman
script for Parsi community to enable them to prepare their children for
the Navjote Ceremony.
Available at IGNCA.
92. KHWAJA KAMAL-UD-DIN
Islam amd Zoroastrianism.
(s.l.): Basheer Muslim Library, 1925. 188p.
Gives comparative study
of Islam and Zoroastrianism. Zoroaster, the prophet and messenger of
God, who came to inspire Persia with the true monotheistic verities, had
a similar task before him. Those were the days when Sun-worship
prevailed in all the countries in the vicinity of Persia. Mithra, Baal,
Attis, Adonis, Bacchus, Horus, etc. were various conceptions of the
Sun-Deity, that received worship respectively from Persia, Babylon,
Syria, Palestine and Greece, in the time of Zoroaster and thereafter.
The Persians also worshipped another son of Ahura Mazda-Fire. The fire,
which brings real blessings to do away with the evil influence of the
Deity of Darkness. Zoroaster came with a message to a nation whose
adoration was centred on Fire. But Muhammad came with the Universal
message to the world of polytheism, that worshipped everything in nature
- the sun, the moon, the stars, water, air, trees and so forth.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
93. KINGSLEY (Peter)
Greek Origin of the Sixth
Century Dating of Zoroaster. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London. Vol. 53 (Pt. 2); 1990. Pp.
245-65.
Zoroaster is said to have
lived in the sixth century B.C. This has been a tradition, within
Zoroastrianism itself, for around two thousand years. Until recently in
the West its accuracy was widely considered an established fact.
However, different views on dating of Zoroaster have been discussed in
detail.
Available at IGNCA.
94. KREYENBROEK G.
Sraosa in the Zoroastrian
tradition. Leiden; E.J. Brill, 1985. 200p. (Orientalia Rheno-traiectina
/ ed. by J. Gonda).
Provides a comprehensive
analysis of Sraosa’s character, functions and development, based on
the whole of the "classical" Zoroastrian tradition (views on
Sorus expressed by Zoroastrians during the last two centuries, when the
Parsis had come into contact with Western scholars and had sometimes
been influenced by them, have not been used here as source-material),
and taking into account the place occupied by Sraosa in the ritual and
daily observances of the Zoroastrians.
Available at IGNCA.
95. KUIPER (F.B.J.)
On Zarathustra’s
language. Amsterdam: B.V. Noord-Hollandsche Vitgeversmaatschappij, 1978.
38p. (Mededelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van
Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde Nieuwe Reeks - Deel 41; no. 4).
Deals with Gathic
language. The main intention of the author is to highlight the three
main features of the language i.e. the role of the laryngeal, the new
formations in the noun inflection and the traces of different dialectal
components of Zarathustra’s language.
Available at IGNCA.
96. KULKE (Eckehard)
Parsees in India : a
minority as agent of social change. Reprint. New Delhi: Vikas
Publishing, 1993. 300p.
Deals with the Indian
minority of the Parsees and the role they played in the socio-political
change in India.This minority, originally from Persia and characterizing
the fossil of an extinct culture, has gone through a remarkable process
of group-internal change and has influenced as an active participant,
the process of social change in Indian society. The main emphasis is put
on the years 1880 to 1920, as the Parsees’ remarkable impact on
society, economics and politics became most evident during this time.
Available at IGNCA.
97. LALKAKA (Pareen)
Our Religion series. 4
prts. New Delhi: Delhi Parsi Anjuman, 1987-89. ill.
Contents: Book 1.
Zarathushtra and Me. Book 2. The Navjote and Me.
Book 3. The Kusti Prayers
and Me. Book 4. The Creation and Me.(unpublished)
These are activity
books/work books for children.
Available at IGNCA.
98. LALKAKA (Pareen)
Zarathushtra: the Golden
Star. Bombay: Kutub Popular, 1965. 55p.: ill.
Deals with the life of
the Prophet, stories of the Amesha Spentas and the Kusti prayers. It is
meant for children and is consequently written in extremely simple style
so that children can easily read it, understand it and enjoy it. To
please children the book is illustrated with coloured pictures. Reprint
- World Zoroastrian Organization, 1995.
Available at IGNCA.
99. LANKARANY (Firouz-Thomas)
Daena im Avesta, eine
semantische untersuchung. Reinbek: Dr. Inge Werler, 1985. (Studien Zur
Indologie und Iranistik Monographie; no. 10).
Original German.
Available at IGNCA.
100. LUHRMANN (T.M.)
The Good Parsi: the fate
of a Colonical Elite in a Postcolonial Society. Delhi: Oxford University
Press, 1996. x, 317p.
The Parsis dominated
Bombay for more than a century until Indian Independence ushered in
their decline. It covers their crisis of confidence and perpetual
soul-searching. It also deals with a whole range of communal and
individual indentity crisis and what could be called ‘identity
politics’ of this century.
Available at IGNCA.
101. MASANI (Rustom)
Religion of the Good
Life: Zoroastrianism. London: George Allen & Unwin 1938, 1954. 189p.
Deals with the social and
religious aspects of the Parsees, the background of the creed, the
Prophet, Ahura Mazda, the seven immortals, the cult of fire, the
presiding genius of water, the problem of good and evil, the Zoroastrian
code of ethics, worship, socio-religious ceremonies, purification
ceremonies, initiation ceremonies, consecration ceremonies, liturgical
ceremonies.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
102. MAX MULLER (F.)
Lectures on the origin
and growth of religion: as illustrated by the religions of India.
Varanasi: Indological Book House, 1964. xvi, 400p.
Most comprehensive work
consists of seven lectures delivered by Prof. F. Max Muller in the
Chapter House Westminister Abbey, in April, May and June 1878 on the
origin and growth of religion. Deals with the infinte, origin,
antiquity, science, etymological meaning, definition, historical aspect
and special characteristic of religion. Explains that for the
apprehension of the Infinite religion is subjective faculty and further
explains the three functions of the sense, reason and faith. Seven
lectures are: 1. The Perception of the Infinite. 2. Is Fetishsm a
primitive form of religion. 3. The ancient literature of India, so far
as it supplies materials for the study of the origin of religion. 4. The
worship of Tangible, semi-tangible and Intangible objects. 5. The ideas
of infinity and law. 6. Henotheism, Polytheism, Monotheism and Atheism.
7. Philosophy and Religion.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
103. MAYRHOFOER (Manfred)
Zum namengut des Avesta.
Wien: Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1977. 68p.
Original German.
Available at IGNCA.
104. MEILLET (A.)
Trois Conferences sur les
Gatha de l’Avesta: faites a l’universite d’Upsala pour la
fondation Olaus Petri. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner,
1925. 72p.
Original French.Deals
with a masterly analysis of the Gathas.
Available at IGNCA.
105. MENANT (Dauphine)
Les Parsis : histoire des
communautes Zoroastriennes de l’ Inde. Osnabruck: Otto Zeller Verlag,
1975.
Original French published
in 1898.
Available at IGNCA.
106. MENANT(Dauphine)
The Parsis;tr. into
English by M.M.Murzban.2V. Bombay: Danai, 1994. ill. Vol. III, 1996.
It is an enlarged and
copiously annotated English translation of "Les Parsis" by
Mlle Delphine Menant. This was a remarkable achievement in many respect.
Not only did it introduce to the Western world the history and
traditions of the Parsi community, but the treatise is based entirely on
research and interviews with scholars. A unique publication.
Available at IGNCA.
107. MINOCHEHR-HOMJI (N.D.)
My Life’s Companion:
Ahuna-vaiti Gatha, text in English script. Bombay: The Author, 1984.
140p. (My prayer guide; no. 3)
Deals with the prayers.
Available at IGNCA.
108. MINOCHEHR-HOMJI (N.D.)
To the Fravashis:
divinity in humanity. Bombay: The Author, 1983. 140p. (My prayer guide;
no. 2).
Deals with the prayers.
Available at IGNCA.
109. MIRZA (H.K.)
On the Sanskrit Version
of the Videvdat. Bombay: K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, 1969. pp. 49-64.
This is a paper published
in K.R. Cama Oriental Institute Golden Jubilee Volume, 1969.
Available at IGNCA.
110. MIRZA (Hormazdyar
Dastur Kayoji)
Outlines of Parsi
history. 2nd ed., Bombay: Amalgamated Enterprises, 1987.xxvii,516p.
Deals with Parsi
religion, Zoroastrian virtues and characteristics, biological
individuality, archaeological findings, population, history of
Zoroastrian manuscripts, festivals, art, temples etc. Parsi beliefs,
customs, rites and literature are also described in detail.
Available at IGNCA.
111. MIRZA (Hormazdyar
Dustur Kayoji)
Kopenhagen manuscript
K27: miscellaneous Pahlavi texts with collation and explanatory notes,
an introduction and an index. Bombay: The Trustees of the Parsi
Panchayet, 1992. xiii, 105p.: ill (Pahlavi text series)
It contains old Pahlavi
text of some Pazand prayers recited in Zoroastrian ceremonies.
Available at IGNCA.
112. MIRZA (H.K.).
Zoroastrianism. In
Religions Of India. New Delhi: Clarion Books, 1983. pp. 180-207:ill
Deals with eight great
religions. Out of which one is Zoroastrianism founded by Zarathushtra.
In that Dr. Mirza describes the Parsis, the smallest educated community
in the world, their scriptures, prayers, ceremonies, festivals and
sacred emblems.
Available at IGNCA.
113. MISRA (Satya Swarup)
Avestan: a historical and
comparative grammar. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia, 1979. xvii, 284p.
(Chaukhambha Oriental Research Studies, no. 13).
It presents a clear and
full history and development of the Avestan language.
Available at ASI Library.
114. MITCHELL (J. Murray)
"Zoroastrianism"
in Great Religions of India. Gurgaon: Olympia Publications, 1990.
112-173.
Collection of lectures
delivered by the author on various religions of India. In his third
lecture `Zoroastrianism’ he has given the history of the religion of
the ancient Persians and the modern Parsis.
Available at IGNCA.
115. MODI (Jivanji
Jamshedji)
Religious Ceremonies and
Customs of the Parsees. Bombay: British India Press, 1922. xxv, 484p.
Reprint, Bombay, 1986.
Deals with the
socio-religious ceremonies and customs. In Part 1, the socio-religious
ceremonies, which have been treated under the heads of (a) birth (b)
marriage and (c) death ceremonies. 2, the purification ceremonies which
are treated under the sub-heads of (a) Nahn, (b) Riman and (c) the
Bareshnum, (d) with an additional chapter on the purification of
articles supposed to have been contaminated. 3, the initiation
ceremonies, which have been treated under the sub-headings of (a)
Naojote or the Initiation of a child into the fold and (b) Navar and
Martab, which are the two grades of Initiation into priesthood. 4, the
conservation ceremonies, which treat of (a) the consecration of
Fire-temples, (b) of the Towers of Silence, and (c) of Alats or
religious requisites. 5, the liturgical ceremonies, which are treated
under two principal heads: (A) The first head speaks of the Inner
Liturgical services and treats of (a) the Yasna, (b) the Visparad, (c)
the Vendidad, and (d) the Baj. (B) The second head speaks of the Outer
Liturgical ceremonies of (a) the Afringan, (b) the Farokhshi, and (c)
the Satum. An additional chapter deals with several cermonies which are
groups of more than one ceremony.
Describes both Iraninan,
the ancient Parsee, Zoroastrian, and the modern Zoroastrian points of
view and explains old beliefs. Unique publication.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
116. MOTAFRAM (Ervad
Ratanshah Rustomji)
Zoroastrianism. 3V.
Bombay: Trustees of Parsi Punchayet Funds and Properties, 1984.
Vol.1 Elementary Course
entitled Elements of Zoroastrianism. Vol. 2 Intermediate course entitled
Salient Features of Zoroastrianism. Vol. 3 Advanced Course
entitled Light on
Zoroastrianism.
Available at IGNCA.
117. MOULTON (James Hope)
Early Zoroastrianism.
London: Williams and Norgate, 1913. xviii, 468p. + 49p. (Hibbert
Lectures; second series).
Contains nine lectures
which were delivered during February to May, 1912 at Oxford and in
London. Lecture 1, The sources deals with the Gathas and the later
Avesta. The reality of Zarathushtra’s person as portrayed in the
Gathas is defended; and the latter are claimed for a very early date,
especially on linguistic and metrical grounds. Lecture II, Before
Zarathushtra investigates the religious conditions prevailing before his
time. Lecture III, The Prophet and the reform, urges the historical
truth of the Gathic picture of Zarathushtra, and places his prophetic
activity in Bactria. Lecture IV, describes Zarathushtra’s doctrine of
evil. Zarathushtra called it Druj "the lie", and Angra Mainyu
"Enemy Spirit". Lecture V, is on the last things. Lectures VI
and VII, are on the Magi. It is argued that the Magi were an indigenous
tribe of priests or Shamans, the leaders of the non-Aryan population of
Media, who, after failing to gain political supremacy in the revolt of
Gaumata, secured in two or three generations a religious ascendancy
which compensated for any failure. Lecture VIII, The Fravashis. Lecture
IX, Zarathushtra and Israel. It deals with early Zoroastrian concepts by
comparing them with corresponding concepts in the religions of Israel
and Christianity
Available at ASI Library.
118. NANAVUTTY (Piloo)
Fravarane "I
believe": a Zoroastrian child’s confession of faith. 5th rev. ed.
Delhi: Delhi Parsi Anjuman, 1987. 40p.
Consists of translation
and explanation of the Kusti prayers, together with selections from the
Avesta. The author has introduced the Zoroastrian faith to a large
number of children and it is hoped that through this edition many more
children will understand their ancient faith.
Available at IGNCA.
119. NANAVUTTY (Piloo)
Our Religion Series. 4
pts. New Delhi: Delhi Parsi Anjuman, 1981-89. ill.
Contents: Book 1.
Zarathushtra, 1987. Book 2. Navjote; illus. by Mehroo J. Wadia, 1988.
Book 3. Kusti prayers; illus. and calligraphy by Mehroo J. Wadia, 1989.
Book 4. Ahura Mazda and the Creation, 1989. 32p. illus. Tenaz Irani.
These are illustrated
books for children.
Available at IGNCA.
120. NANAVUTTY (Piloo)
The Parsis: Dadabhai
Naoroji Centenary Edition. reprint. Delhi: Delhi Parsi Anjuman, 1992.
viii, 184p.: ill.
Gives an over all picture
of the Parsi community. First edition was published in March 1977 and
the reprint was in November 1977. Second edition was published in 1980.
Deals with the origins of the Parsis, Zarathushtra, cermonies and
customs, migration and settlement in India, social strucutre, role in
politics etc.
Available at IGNCA and
Delhi Parsi Anjuman, Delhi Gate.
121. NARIMAN (G.K.) (Tr.)
Religion of the Iranian
Peoples. Part 1. Bombay: Parsi Publishing, 1912. vii, 210p.
It is a translation of
the German article in Revue de l’Histoire des Religions, 1894,
"History of the Religion of the Iranian People" by C.P. Tiele
with Darmesteter’s sketch of "Persia" and Goldziher’s
"Influence of Parsiism and Islam" (from the French).
Deals with the early
history of the Zoroastrian religion, the sacred writings - Zend-Avesta,
Avesta, Gathas, Ahura Mazda, ethics etc. Gives comparative study of
Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. Also gives the translated version from the
French "The influence of Parsism on Islam" by I. Goldziher and
"Persia: a historical and literary sketch" by James
Darmesteter.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
122. NASR (Seyyed Hossein)
Iran (Persia): a glimpse
of its history and culture. (s.l.): Pahlavi Library Publication, (n.d.).
109p.
Deals with Persian
history, civilization and culture. Also deals with Zoroaster - the
prophet of ancient Iran, Zoroastrianism and its holy book, the Avesta.
Available at IGNCA.
123. O’FLAHERTY (Wendy
Doniger)
Origins of evil in Hindu
mythology. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1976. xi, 411p.
Reprint in 1988. Deals
with the Indian concept of evil, Problems of evil in India, the
necessity of evil, gods, demons and men, the paradox of the good demon,
the paradox of the evil god, the birth of death, crowds in heaven. God
is a heretic, and the split child: Good and evil within man.
Hindu mythology hardly
ever blames the demons for the corruption of mankind. These ideas may
have been further encouraged in India by Zoroastrian heresies, which
were brought to India by invaders from Iran and Central Asia by about
200 A.D. and which certainly affected other aspects of Hinduisn (such as
cults of the Sun). Zoroastrianism itself was originally a monotheistic
religion but became dualistic dealing with good and evil, light and
darkness. In a Zoroastrian manner demonic evil directed against the gods
entered into the essence of mankind. This view is not accepted by
Zoroastrians, Parsi or Iranian.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
124. PANAINO (Antonio)
Tistrya. Roma: Instituto
Italiano Per II Medio Ed. Estremo Oriente, 1990. (Series Orientale Roma;
no. 78,1).
Contents: Pt.1 Avestan
hymn to Sirius.
A systematic study of the
Tistar Yast (Tir Yasht)of the Tistrya yazata was long awaited. Various
studies have been dedicated to the subject, but always on certain
specific aspects. The auther analyses the Tistar Yasht in its totality,
paying considerable attention both to the textual problems, which make
this one of the most difficult hymns in the Great Yashts (Part 1), and
to the historical - religious aspects involving the function and role of
the star Sirius in ancient Iranian Culture (Part II).
Available at IGNCA.
125. PAREKH (Manilal C.)
Gospel of Zoroaster: the
Iranian Veda. Rajkot: Sri Bhagwat-Dharma Mission House (Harmony House),
1939. xv, 338p.
Presents Zoroastrianism
in general for those Parsis and non-Parsis, who are ignorant of the
same. It is an original contribution to the study of Zoroastrianism,
containing memorable sayings concerning Zoroaster and his Gospel. Deals
with entire realms of Zoroastrian religion and history. Gives
comparative study with other religions- Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
126. PATIL (G.M.)
Priesthood in Avesta and
Regveda. Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute Vol. 18. Jan;
1957. (Taraporewala Memorial Volume) Poona.p.p. 221-225.
It shows a very great and
close affinity between the pre-Zoroastrian Avestan ritual and Rgvedic
sacrifice.
Available at ASI Library.
127. PAVRY (Jal Dastur
Cursetji)
Zoroastrian Doctrine of a
Future Life: from Death to the Individual Judgment. 2nd ed. New York:
AMS Press, 1965. xxviii, 126p. (Columbia University Indo-Iranian Series/
ed. by A.V. Williams Jackson; no. 11).
It presents the
Zoroastrian doctrine of a future life in its three phases, namely, the
period from death to the individual judgment at the Chinvat bridge (Judicium
pasticulare), life in heaven, hell, or the intermediate place, and the
general judgment (Judicium universale). Relevant passages from the
Gathic and the later Avestan texts, the Pahlavi and the Parsi-Persian
writings are translated by the author with critical notes, most of the
extracts from the Parsi-Persian literature being translated here for the
first time. In addition to the general index it also includes two
important indexes: Index of passages translated and Index of Pahlavi
words. Unique publication.
Available at National
Museum Library, New Delhi.
128. PAYMASTER (Rustom
Burjorji)
Early History of the
Parsees in India: from Their Landing in Sanjan to 1,700 A.D. Bombay:
Zartoshti Dharam Sambandhi Kelavni Abnari ane Dnyan Felavnari Mandli,
1954. xv,151p.
Deals with the history of
the Parsis in the later half of the 8th century A.D.
Private Collection.
129. PITHAWALLA (Maneck B.)
Introducing
Zoroastrianism with Fifty Two Weekly Sermons. 3rd ed. Bombay: Trustees
of the Parsee Punchayet Funds and Properties, 1970. xxiv, 143p.
Deals with the
Zoroastrian religion and culture.
Available at IGNCA.
130. Platinum Jubilee
Volume of K.R. Cama Oriental Institute. Bombay: K.R. Cama Oriental
Institute, 1991.
22 papers are contributed
on Zoroastrian studies. It gives an overview of Zoroastrianism.
Available at IGNCA.
131. POTTER (Charles
Francis)
Great Religious Leaders.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958.pp.62-79.
Deals with the
development of the world’s great religions and the founders of all
religions. Zoroater, his life, his message, and a brief comparison of
his teachings with Judaism and Christianity.
Available at IGNCA.
132. RAGOZIN (Zenaide A.)
Media: Babylon and
Persia. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1888. xix, 447p:ill. (Story of the
Nations).
Deals with the Parsis,
followers of Zoroaster, discovery of Parsi manuscripts, the prophet of
Iran, sacred books of the Hindus and the Arians - the Veda and the
Zend-Avesta, ‘Pehlevi’ the Persian language of the Sassanian Period,
The Gathas, Aryan myths in the Avesta, the Vendidad, the Khordeh Avesta.
Available at IGNCA.
133. RAJARAM
Avesta aur uska bhasha
anuvad. Lahore: Srimad Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, 1991. 65p.
Hindi translation of
Avesta. Originally published by Karl B. Geldner in Avestan script. The
author tried to trace out the relationship of Avestan language with
Sanskrit.
Available at IGNCA.
134. RANDERIA (Jer D.)
Parsi Mind : a
Zoroastrian Asset to Culture. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1993.
xiii, 616p.
Deals with the Parsis,
more particularly, the ethos of the Parsis. The Parsis are the
Zoroastrians who migrated from their homeland of Iran to India at
different times over the last thousand years.
Available at IGNCA.
135. RANGOONWALLA (Adil F.)
Zarathushtrianism. 2nd
ed. Bombay: (s.n.), (n.d.). 80p.
Deals with about a dozen
components that make the religion of Zarathushtra what it is and
describes the Zarathushtrian way of life.
Available at IGNCA.
136. Religion Nature and
Survival. New Delhi: Inter Religious Forum for Communal Harmony, 1992.
This was convened on 25th
November;1989 at IIC New Delhi. Out of nine papers contributed in this
conference only one by A.M. Sethna discusses "Zoroastrianism and
protection of nature". Describing Parsis as a microscopic minority
of 74,000 in India, he traces the views expressed by Zoroastrian
scholars on protection of nature. He quotes from the Gathas and other
sources to support his contention on protection of nature by
Zoroastrians.
Available at IGNCA.
137. RUSTOMJEE (Framroz)
Life of Holy Zarathushtra:
the Prophet of the Parsees. 3rd ed. Bombay: The Author, 1961. xiv, 90p.
Deals with the life of
holy Zarathushtra, the Prophet of the Parsis and of Ancient Iran. His
life shone in the halo of simplicity. A spirit of hard work and
determination to fulfil the mission of Ahura Mazda dominated his whole
being. Also deals with the oldest scripture of the world, the Gathas -
the divine hymns of Zarathushtra, and the holy Avestan Bible of the
Zarathushtrians.
Available at IGNCA.
138. RYPKA (Jan) (Ed.)
Iranische
Literaturgeschichte. Leipzig: Veb Otto Harrassowitz, 1959. xx, 672p.:
ill, map.
Original German.
Available at IGNCA.
139. Sacred Khordeh Avesta
(Shahenshahi) : a Book of Zoroastrian Daily Prayers. (in English). 2nd ed.
Bombay: Ervad Jal Rustamji Vimadalal, 1984. 141p.
Deals with the
Zoroastrian daily prayers. It is published for the Bombay Zorastrian
Jashan Committee.
Available at IGNCA.
140. SCHUYLER (Montgomery)
Index Verborum of the
Fragments of the Avesta. New York: AMS Press, 1965. xiv, 106p. (Columbia
University Indo-Iranian Series./ ed. by A.V. William Jackson; vol. 4).
This is an index
collecting as far as possible each occurrence of every form of all words
used in the fragments of the Avesta.
Available at National
Museum Library, New Delhi.
141. SHROFF (Phiroze J.).
Note on the history and
the activities of the K.R. Cama Oriental Institute. In K.R. Cama
Oriental Institute Golden Jubilee Volume. Bombay: K.R. Cama Oriental
Institute, 1969.pp i-xxii.
It describes the life and
life-work of K.R. Cama and the history and activities of the K.R. Cama
Oriental Institute. A list of publications of the K.R. Cama Oriental
Institute is also given.
Available at IGNCA.
142. SIVANANDA (Swami)
Bliss Divine. 3rd ed.
Tehri-Garhwal: Divine Life Society, 1974.
Deals with the spiritual
essays on the lofty purpose of Human life and the means to its
achievement. In one chapter on Zoroastrianism, the author describes the
history, scriptures, ethics and teachings of this religion.
Available at IGNCA.
143. SKUTCH (Alexander F.)
Golden Core of Religion.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1970. 270p.
Deals with the
comparative study of religions, rites, rituals and sacraments, deity,
soul, God, founders of the religion, brief history of the religions.
Covers mainly Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism and Christianity.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
144. SPINKS (G. Stephens)
Psychology and Religion:
an Introduction to Contemporary Views, London: Methuen, 1963. xv, 221p.
Deals with Psychology and
comparative religion in two parts. 1. Psychological theories and
religion, the history of the Psychology of religion in which the
thoughts of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Freud and Jung are discussed.
Also deals with the origins of religion, religion and psychological
concepts, (archetypes, symbols, myths), Freud on religion, Jung on
religion. 2. Psychology and religious practices in which the growth of
religious consciousness, the psychology of religious practices - Prayer
- worship, religious experience, some contemporary viewpoints.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
145. SRIVASTAVA (Rama
Shanker)
Comparative Religion.
Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1974. xv, 316p.
Deals with comparative
study of Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam.
Also deals with primitive religion. Religion and psycho analysis and
religion and pragmatism. It is the science of religion which offers a
comparison of the religions in different traditions and cultures. The
author evaluates the various sects of each religion which emerge from
the common stock. He shows the differences between the principles of
various religions. By comparison and contrast of the living religions of
the world, he unveils the salient features of religions. He also
investigates the relationship of one religion with another. He discovers
common features in religions and shows that no religion is unique. There
are common dogmas and beliefs in religions. The aim is to delineate the
common features of each religion and to demonstrate that God is
ubiquitous and responds to the worship and prayer of believers,
belonging to different faiths.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
146. STEPHEN (D.J.)
Zarathushtra and the
Buddha. Madras: The Christian Literature Society, 1917. 32p.
Deals with the
comparative study of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism.
Available at IGNCA.
147. STEWART (Zeph). (Ed.)
Arthur Darby Nock :
Essays on Religion and the Ancient World. 2 V. Oxford : Clarendon Press,
1986.
Deals with the selected
writings of Nock on religion. Describes in detail important issues
related to Zoroaster. They are - Herzfeld and the problem of Achaemenid
religion, evidence of Herodotus, royal inscriptions, Vendidad, evidence
of month names and Xanthus, Zoroaster and the Magi, evidence of Mani, Al
Biruni, Agathias, anti Zoroastrian reaction, position of the Magi and
theological development. Different views of the experts are also given
under each issue.
Available at IGNCA.
148. TARAPOREWALA (Irach
J.S.) (Tr.)
Divine Songs of
Zarathushtra. 2nd ed. Bombay: Hukhta Foundation, 1993. xxxiv, 1166p.
This is a philological
study of the Gathas of Zarathushtra containing the text with literal and
free translation into English and full critical and grammatical notes,
index and glossary.
Available at IGNCA.
149. TARAPOREWALA (Irach
J.S.) (Tr.)
Gathas of Zarathushtra.
Bombay: Irach J.S. Taraporewala, 1947. xviii, 307p.
Gathas of Zarathushtra
are admittedly the very foundation of Parsi faith. And so, very
naturally, there should be considerable eagerness amongst Parsis to
understand their message. The Gathas are translated in various languages
- Latin, French, German, English, Gujarati, Persian, Sanskrit, Pahlavi
etc. The author’s aim is to help all earnest seekers to achieve a
better understanding of the message of the Prophet of Iran.
Available at IGNCA.
150. TARAPOREWALA (Irach
Jehangir Sorabji) (Tr.)
Religion of Zarathushtra.
Adyar: Theosophical Publishing, 1926. ix, 180p.
Deals with the essential
features of the religion, ceremonies and customs, the Prophet and
development of the Zoroastrian religion.
Available at IGNCA.
151. TARAPOREWALA (Irach
J.S.)
Some Aspects of the
History of Zoroastrianism. Bombay: K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, 1927.
60p.
It is a series of five
lectures delivered by Dr. Irach J.S. Taraporewala at the Bombay, K.R.
Cama Oriental Institute on the 5th, 8th, 12th, 15th and 16th December
1927. Discusses the Indo-Iranian culture, religion, history and the
religions of Elam, Babylon and Egypt.
Available at IGNCA.
152. TAVADIA (J.C.)
Indo-Iranian Studies. 2V.
Santiniketan: Visva-Bharati, 1950. Variant pagination (Visva-Bharati
Studies; no. 10, 15)
Vol. 1 Deals with a
general account of Iranian and other studies. Vol. 2 deals with first
three Gathas of Zarathushtra and the four principal prayers in Avesta.
Text, translation and commentry.
Available at ASI Library.
153. TAVADIA (J.C.)
Zoroastrian and
pre-Zoroastrian. Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society 28 (Pt. II), 1953. pp. 171-186.
Describes Ethnological
school of H.S. Nyberg, its continuation by Geo Widengren, formation of
Ahura Mazdah, Dumezil’s view of the Aryan Gods of Mitani, professional
classes in Iran : Zat-spram, Shahnama etc, Tripartite system of Aryan
Gods, importance of ritual texts versus spirit of the Gathas and essence
of Zarathustra's teaching.
Available at IGNCA.
154. Towers of Silence: at
Doongerwadi in Bombay. Bombay: Trustees of the Parsi Punchayet Funds and
Properties, 1990. 36p.
Originally written and
published in 1899. Contains instructive information regarding system and
procedure of the disposal of the dead and ceremonies for the dead among
the Parsi community. Opinions of some eminent and enlightenend
Zoroastrians as well as non-Zoroastrians are also given.
Available at IGNCA.
155. VAHMAN (Fereydun)
Arda Wiraz Namag : the
Iranian "Divina Commedia". London: Curzon Press, 1986. 326p.
(Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies, Monograph Series no. 53).
One of the most popular
of Zoroastrian books. It is an outstanding example of Iranian
apocalyptic literature. It is in Pahlavi and was written probably during
the later period of the Sasanian dynasty (226-650 A.D). The Zoroastrian
priests chose a man called Wiraz(Viraf), the most righteous among them,
to go to the spiritual realm, to discover the truth of the religion. The
book contains the observations of Wiraz’s divine journey and the
description of heaven and hell. The basic MS is K20 (Royal Library of
Copenhagen) which is carefully compared with other MSS. The MS is
printed in facsimile, followed by transliteration and transcription
following the MS closely page by page and line by line. A full
translation is given. A commentary is included discussing different
terms and words, also a detailed glossary and index together with an
index of the transliterated words with their transcribed equivalents.
Available at IGNCA.
156. VAJIFDAR (Noshir H.)
Prayers for Parsi
Children. 2nd ed. Delhi: Delhi Parsi Anjuman, 1992. 23p.
Deals with prayers to
Zarathushtra and Ahura Mazda. The Prayers are divided under various
headings i.e. morning prayer, evening prayer, My Sudra, Ashem Vohu, Hear
my prayer, my Kusti, Home, Atash-fire. The motto of the religion, Humata
(Good thoughts) Hukhta (Good Words), Huvarshtra (Good Deads), is also
included.
Available at IGNCA.
157. VARENNE (Jean)
Zarathushtra: et la
Tradition Mazdeenne.Paris: Aux editions du Seuil, 1966.
Original French.
Private Collection.
158. VERMASEREN (M.J.)
Mithras: the Secret God.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1963. 200p.: ill.
Presents with unique
clarity the Kaleidoscope picture of Mithras’s progress through the
ages from his birth on the great Iranian plateau. Deals with Mithraic
teachings, ceremonies, place of the cult and its contemporary
surroundings.
Available at National
Museum Library, New Delhi.
159. WADIA (Ruttonjee
Ardeshir)
Scions of Lowjee Wadia.
Bombay: Ruttonjee Ardeshir Wadia, 1964. xvi, 328p: ill.
Deals with the life story
of a well known Parsi family which achieved distinction as master
builders to the East India Company. The author has written simply and
lucidly of the lives and careers of his ancestors, and has dug out many
an interesting detail of the times through which they lived.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
160. WEST (E.W.)
Glossary and Index : of
the Pahlavi Texts of the Book of Arda Viraf, the Tale of Gosht-i Fryano,
the Hadokht Nask and some extracts from the Dinkard and Nirangistan,
revised by Martin Haug. Oshabruck, Biblio Verlag, 1978. viii, 350p.
Contains all the Pahlavi
words which are found in the book of Arda Viraf and the two other texts
viz. Gosht-i Fryano and Hadokht Nask and all those Pahlavi words which
occur in extracts from the Din-Kard and Nirangistan. This is in its
present form, principally the work of Dr. West. Revision, correction and
some remarks were made by Dr. Martin Haug. Words are arranged in the
alphabetical order of the original Pahlavi letters and with out regard
to the transliteration, or any diacritical marks; so that this can be
easily consulted by those who read the words differently, or are
uncertain about their pronunciation. An alphabetical index of the
transliterations is appended for the convenience of those who may find
it difficult to read the Pahlavi letters without pronouncing them.
Available at IGNCA.
161. WEST (E.W.) (Tr.)
Pahlavi Texts. 5 Pts.
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1965. (Sacred Book of the East series/ed. by
F. Max Muller .vol.5, 18, 24, 37,47).
Pt.1 Bundahis - Bahman
Yast, and shayast la-shayast. Pt.2 Dadistan-i dinik and the epistles of
manuskihar. Pt.3 Dina-i mainog-i khirad sikand gumanik vigar sad dar.
Pt.4 Contents of the Nasks. Pt.5 Marvels of Zoroastrianism.
Available at IGNCA.
162. WIDGERY (Alban G.)
Comparative Study of
Religions: a Systematic Survey. Baroda: V.A. Thakkar, 1922. xxii, 391p:
ill.
Aim is to describe some
of the chief facts of the religions, and these, as far as possible in
the language of the sacred scriptures, liturgies and formularies of the
religious themselves. Gives scientific theology and the comparative
study of religions, empirical study of religions, philosophy of
religions, psychology of religions, history of religions under the
headings of six chapters. 1. The sources and nature of religious truth.
2. Supernatural beings, good and bad. 3. The soul: its nature, origin
and destiny. 4. Sin and suffering: salvation and redemption. 5.
Religious practices. 6. The emotioal attitudes and religious ideals.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
163. WILSON (John)
Parsi Religion. 2nd ed.
Gurgaon: Vintage Books, 1989. 610p.
Deals in detail with the
origin and history of Parsi religion, its literature, Prophet, its
saying etc. Biased and misleading caused serious controversy.(see
Nanavutty (Piloo). The Parsis, 1992. pp57.)
Available at IGNCA.
164. ZAEHNER (R.C.)
Dawn and Twilight of
Zoroastrianism. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1961. 371p.: ill.
(History of Religion Series).
Deals mainly with the
essential features of Zoroastrianism, both in the history of its early
development and in the final forms it crystallized into during its
silver age in the third to the seventh centuries A.D. Gives nature and
functions of the various deities that had made their way into the later
Avesta. Main stress is on the great god Mithra because he was originally
intimately associated with Ahura, the prototype of Zoroaster’s own
Ahura Mazdah - the Wise Lord - who, for the Prophet, was the one true
God, secondly because to this day the holy of holies of the Zoroastrian
temple is called the ‘Place of Mithra’, and thirdly because the cult
of Mithras in the Roman empire which derived from the Iranian Mithra was
for long a rival to Christianity in its early centuries. Also gives the
relationship between the Iranian Mithra and the Roman Mithras.
Available at Central Arts
Library, Delhi University.
165. ZAEHNER (R.C.)
Zurvan: a Zoroastrian
Dilemma. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955. xvi, 495p.
Deals with the origins of
Zoroastrianism and kindred religions, later developed in Sassanian
times. In the Sassanian period Zoroastrianism emerges as a fully fledged
member of the higher religions with a complex theology of its own. One
very solid reason for this is Pahlavi. It is divided into two parts.
Part I deals with the argument and Part II deals with texts.
Available at ASI Library.
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