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Avestan (/əˈvɛstən/ ə-VESS-tən) is the
liturgical language of Zoroastrianism. It
belongs to the
Iranian branch of the Indo-European
language family and...
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Tilak on the
origin of the Aryans.
Based on his
analysis of
Vedic hymns,
Avestic p****ages,
Vedic chronology and
Vedic calendars,
Tilak argued that the North...
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Ossetian ærmæst "only",
Avestic airime "quiet", Gr**** erēmos "empty", PIE *h₁(e)rh₁mo-?, and spu "eye" with
Avestic spas- "foretell",
Sanskrit spaś-...
- is the
original form, it may mean 'with old/aging camels',
related to
Avestic zarant- (cf.
Pashto zōṛ and
Ossetian zœrond, 'old';
Middle Persian zāl...
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holds that the word is of
Persian origin and
appeared in the form of the
Avestic Jaini, a
wicked (female) spirit.
Jaini were
among various creatures in...
- has a
great number of
favourite expressions which are
common with the
Avestic,
though not with
later Indian diction. In addition,
there is a
close resemblance...
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often also a fire
spirit (such as
Roman Vesta,
Vedic Saraswati and Agni,
Avestic Armaiti and Anâitâ) who show a sort of
mutual solidarity. The
concept of...
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correspondence has also been
posited by
Boyce between both the
Vedic and
Avestic traditions of Apam Napat, and Varuna, who is also
addressed as "Child of...
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concrete instances Dumézil
makes that of
Vedic goddess Sarasvatī and
Avestic Anāhīta.
Sarasvati as
river goddess is
first a
goddess of the
third function...
- Pouruyô, Pourya;
pronounced [puriːjɑː]) a
Persian masculine name with the
Avestic root Pouruyô, meaning: first; foremost; most ancient.
Notable people with...
