The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees
The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees – by Ervad Shams-ul-ulama Dr. Sir Jivanji Jamshedji Modi – B.A. PhD. C.I.E. – A classic book, first published in 1922 and much referred all over the world by all those who want to understand and follow the Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees. Now being put up online with kind permission from Mr. Nadir Modi.
The book is presented under the following principal heads :
- The Liturgical Ceremonies, which are treated under two principal heads
- The first head speaks of the Inner Liturgical services and talks of (a)the Yasna (b) the Viparad, (c) the Vendidad and (d) the Baj
- The second head speaks of the Outer Liturgical ceremonies of (a) the Afringan, (b) the Farokshi and (c) the Satum.
- An additional Chapter speaks of several ceremonies which are groups of more than one ceremony.
Click on each of the above for the PDFs of interesting reading.
The last two files under ‘Liturgical Ceremonies’ appear to be damaged beyond repair. Could you please look into it?
The files are working fine. Thanks for pointing out.