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The Sanskrit Yasna manuscript S1 / by Leon Goldman.
Van Pelt Library BL1515.5.Y3 A475 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Handbook of oriental studies. South Asia ; Section two, v. 32/1.
- Corpus inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary series ; vol. 6.
- Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section two, South Asia ; volume 32/1
- Corpus Avesticum
- Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum Supplementary series ; vol. VI
- Standardized Title:
- Avesta. Yasna 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zoroastrianism.
- Physical Description:
- x, 371 pages : illustrations, color facsimiles ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- Facsimile edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
- Summary:
- The manuscript S1' is one of the chief witnesses to the Sanskrit Yasna, containing the Avestan text of the Zoroastrian Yasna liturgy to chapter 46.19, together with a Sanskrit translation and commentary. This book contains the complete, full-colour set of facsimile images of S1. 0An introduction by Leon Goldman provides an overview of the Zoroastrian Sanskrit tradition together with a discussion of the S1 manuscript covering its physical appearance, its age and history, and for the first time, a detailed palaeographic analysis of the Avestan and Sanskrit text.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-371).
- ISBN:
- 9789004357693
- 9004357696
- OCLC:
- 1006518260
- Publisher Number:
- 9789004357693
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