A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary

A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary
Author: D. N. Mackenzie
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136613951

First published in 2004. The purpose of this dictionary is to provide the student with a representative vocabulary of Pahlavi in which such uncertain words have been reduced to a minimum and marked. It includes the commonest 4,000 simple words.

A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary

A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary
Author: D. N. Mackenzie
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113661396X

First published in 2004. The purpose of this dictionary is to provide the student with a representative vocabulary of Pahlavi in which such uncertain words have been reduced to a minimum and marked. It includes the commonest 4,000 simple words.

The Greater Iranian Bundahishn

The Greater Iranian Bundahishn
Author: Zeke Kassock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2013-01-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781481013994

Self-Pahlavi student Zeke Kassock has created a modern rendition of Greater Bundahishn, also known as the Iranian Bundahishn, for the beginner Pahlavi student, as well as the Zoroastrian reader. Kassock has hand written the original text, and modernized the spelling with D.N. MacKenzie's A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary. It was then typed, retranscribed and translated using MacKenzie's dictionary, giving it new life from Tahmuras Dinshaji Anklesaria and Behramgore Tahmuras Anklesaria's versions of the Bundahishn (1908 & 1956 respectively). This rendition was created for the student learning Pahlavi/Middle Persian in aiding them in starting to read the original manuscript. It is presented in Pahlavi script, along with transcription in English letters and English translation. The Bundahishn is a cosmogony and a cosmology of Zoroastrian beliefs. It is also contains encyclopedia-like entries on a wide variety of topics, such as: philosophy, history, geography, genus species of plants and animals, etc.

Dadestan I Menog I Xrad

Dadestan I Menog I Xrad
Author: Zeke Kassock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2013-07-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781490902401

Self-Pahlavi student Zeke Kassock has created a modern rendition of the Dadestan i Menog i Xrad, for the beginner Pahlavi student, as well as the Zoroastrian reader. Kassock has hand written the original text, and modernized the spelling with D.N. MacKenzie's A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary. It was then typed, retranscribed and translated using MacKenzie's dictionary, giving it new life from the editions from Sanjana, Dhaval, Anklesaria and West.. This rendition was created for the student learning Pahlavi/Middle Persian in aiding them in starting to read the original manuscript. It is presented in Pahlavi script, along with transcription in English letters and English translation. The Dadestan i Menog i Xrad is a question and answer session between a Zoroastrian sage and an angel, 62 questions on philosphy, religion and ethics.