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Khordeh Avesta (Book of Common Prayer)
Credit: Traditional Zoroastrian liturgical collection
Summary:
A collection of daily prayers and devotional texts used in Zoroastrian practice. The Khordeh Avesta contains prayers, litanies, invocations, and liturgical material intended for personal and communal worship.
Publication Date: Traditional text
Avesta: The Religious Books of the Parsees
Credit: Arthur Henry Bleeck
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A collected presentation of major Zoroastrian scriptures and traditions intended to introduce readers to the religious literature, beliefs, and practices of the Parsi community and the wider Zoroastrian tradition.
Publication Date: February 21, 2001
Zend Avesta
Credit: James Darmesteter; Lawrence Heyworth Mills
Summary:
The Sacred Books of the East translation of major Zoroastrian scriptures by James Darmesteter and Lawrence Mills. The work presents key portions of the Avesta, including liturgical texts, laws, hymns, and theological writings central to Zoroastrian belief.
Publication Date: 1887
The Zend Avesta
Credit: Translated by James Darmesteter
Summary:
James Darmesteter's translation of portions of the Avesta, the sacred literature of Zoroastrianism. The volume presents key texts concerning Zoroastrian theology, ethics, ritual practice, cosmology, and the ongoing struggle between truth and falsehood.
Publication Date: November 1, 2019
