The Sanskrit Yasna Manuscript S1: Facsimile Edition

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-35769-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 32/1, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia / Corpus Avesticum

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.
An 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldman, Leon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Zarathustrismus, Zoroastrismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 The Parsi Sanskrit Tradition

3 Physical Description

4 Age and History

5 Palaeography
5.1 Avestan Palaeography
5.2 Sanskrit Palaeography

6 Pahlavi Text

7 Range of Extant Text

8 Note to the Facsimile Images

9 Facsimile Images
References

Über Autor(innen)

Leon Goldman, Ph.D. (2012), SOAS, University of London, is a Postdoctoral Researcher at that university. His publications include the monograph Rašn Yašt: The Avestan Hymn to ‘Justice’ (Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 2015).