Sacred numbers and cyclical time : the mathematical logic of Zarathushtra's Gāthā quatrains / Gernot Ludwig Windfuhr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Windfuhr, Gernot, author.

Series:

Bibliotheca Iranica. Zoroastrian studies series ; no. 4.

Bibliotheca Iranica : Zoroastrian studies series ; no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avesta. Yasna. Gathas--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Avesta.

Avesta. Yasna. Gathas.

Symbolism of numbers--Religious aspects--Zoroastrianism.

Symbolism of numbers.

Time--Religious aspects--Zoroastrianism.

Time.

Zoroastrianism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

115 pages ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Costa Mesa, CA : Mazda Publishers, Inc., 2019.

Summary:

"This study highlights the patterns of complex parameters in the Gāthās, defining their pervasive numerology. Fundamentally, conceptual pairings and distributional patterns of terms suggest that the composer of the Gāthās presented, and through them taught, the TRUTH of the WORLD to be re-created anew daily. In doing so, each WORD and WORD SET accompanying the ritual action is marked both for its specific frequency, its NUMBER, and for its relative POSITION along the time-line of the textual NET-WORK, as the words are "spun" and interwoven, in the process of building up the cycle of the most complex, yet ordered dynamic cosmic coordinate systems that culminate in the Coda. Most unexpected is the recognition that the cosmic vision of the Iranian Gāthās matches that of early Greek philosophy and science, in particular Pythagorean and Platonic, but also includes calendrical patterns datable to the early Christian era which suggests multiple layers of adjustments to advances in scientific knowledge, including the knowledge of planets and planetary conjunctions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The 4 quatrains and cyclical time

Cosmic harmony: Iranian and Greek

Ritual action

Topical subsets

Dating the Gāthās, planets, and textual patterns

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-115).

ISBN:

9781568593234

1568593236

OCLC:

1104857046