Download or read book Ard Wir z N mag written by Fereydun Vahman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ardā Wirāz Nāmag or the Book of the Righteous Wirāz is an outstanding example of Iranian apocalyptic literature. It is in the Middle Persian (Pahlavi) language and was written probably during the later period of the Sasanian dynasty (AD 226-650). The Zoroastrian priests chose a man called Wirāz, the most righteous among them, to go to the spiritual realm to discover the truth of the religion. This book, first published in 1986, contains the observations of Wirāz’ divine journey and his 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 line by line. A full translation is given, and a commentary is included together with a glossary, bibliography and index.
Download or read book The Book of Arda Viraf written by Martin Haug and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Edition bilingue palhavi-anglais.
Download or read book Xerxes written by Richard Stoneman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Xerxes, Great King of the Persian Empire from 486–465 B.C., has gone down in history as an angry tyrant full of insane ambition. The stand of Leonidas and the 300 against his army at Thermopylae is a byword for courage, while the failure of Xerxes’ expedition has overshadowed all the other achievements of his twenty-two-year reign. In this lively and comprehensive new biography, Richard Stoneman shows how Xerxes, despite sympathetic treatment by the contemporary Greek writers Aeschylus and Herodotus, had his reputation destroyed by later Greek writers and by the propaganda of Alexander the Great. Stoneman draws on the latest research in Achaemenid studies and archaeology to present the ruler from the Persian perspective. This illuminating volume does not whitewash Xerxes’ failings but sets against them such triumphs as the architectural splendor of Persepolis and a consideration of Xerxes’ religious commitments. What emerges is a nuanced portrait of a man who ruled a vast and multicultural empire which the Greek communities of the West saw as the antithesis of their own values.
Download or read book Witches Whores and Sorcerers written by S. K. Mendoza Forrest and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Iranians believed evil had to have a source outside of God, which led to the concept of an entity as powerful and utterly evil as God is potent and good. These two forces, good and evil, which have always vied for superiority, needed helpers in this struggle. According to the Zoroastrians, every entity had to take sides, from the cosmic level to the microcosmic self. One of the results of this battle was that certain humans were thought to side with evil. Who were these allies of that great Evil Spirit? Women were inordinately singled out. Male healers were forbidden to deal with female health disorders because of the fear of the polluting power of feminine blood. Female healers, midwives, and shamans were among those who were accused of collaborating with the Evil Spirit, because they healed women. Men who worked to prepare the dead were also suspected of secret evil. Evil even showed up as animals such as frogs, snakes, and bugs of all sorts, which scuttled to the command of their wicked masters. This first comprehensive study of the concept of evil in early Iran uncovers details of the Iranian struggle against witchcraft, sorcery, and other "evils," beginning with their earliest texts.
Download or read book The Original Sources of the Qur n written by William St. Clair Tisdall and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ardai Viraf nameh Wir z n mak Vir z n mak Art k Vir z n mak Wir f n ma Wir z n ma written by and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mystery of Numbers written by Annemarie Schimmel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1994-04-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is the number seven lucky--even holy--in almost every culture? Why do we speak of the four corners of the earth? Why do cats have nine lives (except in Iran, where they have seven)? From literature to folklore to private superstitions, numbers play a conspicuous role in our daily lives. But in this fascinating book, Annemarie Schimmel shows that numbers have been filled with mystery and meaning since the earliest times, and across every society. In The Mystery of Numbers Annemarie Schimmel conducts an illuminating tour of the mysteries attributed to numbers over the centuries. She begins with an informative and often surprising introduction to the origins of number systems: pre-Roman Europeans, for example, may have had one based on twenty, not ten (as suggested by the English word "score" and the French word for 80, quatrevingt --four times twenty), while the Mayans had a system more sophisticated than our own. Schimmel also reveals how our fascination with numbers has led to a rich cross-fertilization of mathematical knowledge: "Arabic" numerals, for instance, were picked up by Europe from the Arabs, who had earlier adopted them from Indian sources ("Algorithm" and "algebra" are corruptions of the Arabic author and title names of a mathematical text prized in medieval Europe). But the heart of the book is an engrossing guide to the symbolism of numbers. Number symbolism, she shows, has deep roots in Western culture, from the philosophy of the Pythagoreans and Platonists, to the religious mysticism of the Cabala and the Islamic Brethren of Purity, to Kepler's belief that the laws of planetary motion should be mathematically elegant, to the unlucky thirteen. After exploring the sources of number symbolism, Schimmel examines individual numbers ranging from one to ten thousand, discussing the meanings they have had for Judaic, Christian, and Islamic traditions, with examples from Indian, Chinese, and Native American cultures as well. Two, for instance, has widely been seen as a number of contradiction and polarity, a number of discord and antithesis. And six, according to ancient and neo-platonic thinking, is the most perfect number because it is both the sum and the product of its parts (1+2+3=6 and 1x2x3=6). Using examples ranging from the Bible to the Mayans to Shakespeare, she shows how numbers have been considered feminine and masculine, holy and evil, lucky and unlucky. A highly respected scholar of Islamic culture, Annemarie Schimmel draws on her vast knowledge to paint a rich, cross-cultural portrait of the many meanings of numbers. Engaging and accessible, her account uncovers the roots of a phenomenon we all feel every Friday the thirteenth.
Download or read book Parsis of Ancient India written by Shapurji Kavasji Hodivala and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East written by Charles Francis Horne and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees written by Jivanji Jamshedji Modi and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plundering of Cullen House by the Rebels an Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 46 Narrated by Eye witnesses of the Plundering written by Wm Cramond and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zoroastrian Hell written by Eileen Gardiner and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of four texts describing the nature of hell in the Zoroastrian religious tradition; includes selections from A Book of Scriptures (Hadhokht Nask), The Book of Ardâ Vîrâf (Arda Viraf Namak), Religious Judgments (Dadestan-i Denig) by Manuschihr, Book of the Judgments of the Spirit of Wisdom (Mainyo-I-Khard) "--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Ashavid Zarathustra the Nordkind Race and Asha Divine Natural Law written by Eric Dryden and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extending from the dawn of Creation to the twenty-first century, Ashavid by author Eric Dryden, presents both an iconoclastic religious manifesto and an inspired out-of-the-box scholarly narrative. Dryden focuses on the ancient race of Nordic Indo-Europeans, the Prophet Zarathustra's divine revelation, and the corruptions of both. Ashavid discusses: The crucial role of Spitama Zarathustra of the Second Millennium BCE-the first to proclaim the one Creator God and to reveal the spiritual and ethical path leading to both the good earthly life and eternal life. Ancient West Asia's ethnic and cultural transformations including the multiple corruptions of Zarathustra's Ashavid doctrine. The Indo-Europeans' gradual genetic and cultural adulterations and partial extinctions resulting from their imperialistic and economic-driven migrations into alien spheres of the earth.
Download or read book Libyan Vocabulary written by Francis William Newman and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Jainism or the Early Faith of Asoka With Illustrations of the Ancient Religions of the East from the Pantheon of the Indo Scythians to which is Prefixed a Notice on Bactrian Coins and Indian Dates written by Edward Thomas and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-02 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Download or read book A Guide to Modern Greek written by Martin Geldart and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
