Category Archives: Avesta and Studies

Similarities Between Avestan and Vedic Sanskrit | How Ancient Iranian & Indian Languages Are Related

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In this video, we compare the similarities between Avestan and Vedic Sanskrit, two of the oldest Indo-European languages, both belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family, with Kiarash, a recent convert to Zoroastrianism, having developed his understanding of the Avestan language through his studies of the Gathas, the oldest hymns of the Avesta, and Sanket representing Sanskrit.

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Languages of Zoroastrianism

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Course Overview • The script, grammar, and significance of Avestan, the language of the Zoroastrian scriptures. • How the Old Persian inscriptions of the Achaemenid kings were deciphered. • The rich Zoroastrian literary traditions in Middle Persian (Pahlavi) and New Persian. • The importance of the Shahnameh. • The endangered status of Dari, the secret language of Irani Zoroastrians. •

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Ancient texts reveal how Persian and Greek rule shaped language in Central Asia

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A new study by historian Rachel Mairs brings together written evidence from ancient Central Asia to examine how language and script changed across the region during the Achaemenid and Hellenistic periods. The research focuses on areas such as Bactria, Sogdiana, Arachosia, and Gandhara, which today fall within Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Pakistan. The study appears in a recent Cambridge University

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Avesta & Pahlavi Course

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ONLINE / OFFLINE COURSE BEGINS – 13th JUNE, 2026 participants to report to J.J. School at 70.00 AM on 13th June, 2026 Course conducted by Sir J.J. Zarthoshti & Mulla Firoze Madresa under the able guidance of the principal Ervad Dr. Parvez Bajan Faculty members – Ms. Shirin Contractor and Ervad Cyrus Darbari +91-9819555770 cyrus_darbari@ashinfo.com

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New Revised Edition of the Khordeh Avesta

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                                      A carefully prepared edition of the Khordeh Avesta, published under the guidance of Dastur Firoze M. Kotwal and edited by Mr. Kerman D. Daruwalla. * Includes a General Understanding of all prayers * Contains 5 Nyāishes and 8 Yashts * Provides

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Avestan Digital Archive – Search Engine For Manuscripts (2.0 Beta)

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  The Avestan Digital Archive (ADA) is a digital archive that endeavours to make all available Avestan language manuscripts containing Zoroastrian liturgies accessible online. As such, it strives to be a fundamental tool for philological work for the scholars engaging with Avestan texts that complements current and future editions. Furthermore, it provides the most complete overview of Zoroastrian liturgical variety

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Arnaz Bisney walks through Dadar Parsi Colony!

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A walk along video by Arnaz Bisney taking you through the charming lanes of Dadar Parsi Colony. The beautiful vintage bungalows and tree-lined lanes create magic that modern Bombay rarely offers. It’s these quiet lanes which hold stories that shaped the city we know today.

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On Flattened Priesthoods, Forgotten Rituals, and the Sacredness of Survival – Why We Don’t Make Mobeds or Consecrate Fires Like We Used To—And What That Says About Us

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On Flattened Priesthoods, Forgotten Rituals, and the Sacredness of Survival Let’s stop pretending we’re still making Mobeds. Or Dastoors. Or Atash Behrams. Not in the way our ancestors did. Not in the way the architecture demands. To understand what we’ve lost, we have to first understand what it took. To be a Mobed wasn’t just to memorize a few prayers

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