Table of Contents
Preface Select Literature Abbreviations The sociolinguistic background Iranians and Aryan Zarathushtra and the Avest Zarathushtra and Zoroaster Mazdayasnians and Zarathushtrians Zarathushtra the prophet The Avesta The Gathas Languages Scripts The Pahlavi translation of the Gathas and its Sanskrit version Yasna 29,7 with Pahlavi translation and its Sanskrit version The role of Vedic Sanskrit Notes on Pahlavi texts other than the Pahlavi translation Contemporary Zoroastrians The literary genre of the Gathas Historical and theological problems The divine entities and Asha 'Truth/truth'
The Old Avestan divine entities and the Amesha Spentas The Avestan calendar and the number of the Amesha Spe?tas Amesha Spentas and Daevas Further notes on the Amesha Spentas and their opponents The truthful and the deceitful The two spirits Haoma, the drug of the Zoroastrians Haoma in the Hom Yasht Haoma the death-averter
"Grass" and inflaming the Duraosha. VIII Contents: The drug an excretion?
Inflaming in the Hadhokht Nask Haoma, omomi, amomis, and amomon/amomum Manaobago and soothsaying Haoma Mozdooano The Rabatak inscription Kushan coins depicting Iranian deities in Greek garb Kushan coins depicting Iranian deities Oesho The ordeal, the fire, the molten metal, and the balance Figures: Reverses of four Kushan coins with pictures of deities: 1. Ooromozdo 2. Manao-bago 3. Mozdooano 4. Oesho B. The Old Avestan texts with English and German translations Yasna 27,13-15. Introduction Yasna 28-34. Ahunavaiti Gatha Yasna 35-41[42]. Yasna Haptanghaiti Yasna 43-46. Ushtavaiti Gatha Yasna 47-50. Sp??tamainyush Gatha Yasna 51. Vohukshathra Gatha Yasna 53. Vahishtoishti Gatha Yasna 54,1. Conclusionl C. Notes.
