- The
Dēnkard or Dēnkart (Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭩𐭭𐭪𐭠𐭫𐭲 "Acts of Religion") is a 10th-century
compendium of
Zoroastrian beliefs and
customs during the...
-
created by
Ahura Mazda and
brought by
Zoroaster to his
patron Vishtaspa (
Denkard 4A, 3A). Supposedly,
Vishtaspa (Dk 3A) or
another Kayanian,
Daray (Dk 4B)...
- the
world (
Denkard 6). He
perverts a man's
thoughts and
makes him miserable.
Among all the demons,
Akoman is to be
dreaded the most (
Denkard 9). In Ferdowsi's...
- This idea of "non-reality" is also
expressed in
other texts, such as the
Denkard, a 9th-century "encyclopedia of Mazdaism",
which states Ahriman "has never...
-
commentaries are
primarily Mazdean and with only one
exception (the 10th
century Denkard 9.30) do not
mention Zurvan at all. Of the
remaining so-called Pahlavi...
-
Shahanshahi ("imperial") is a
calendar reconstructed from the 10th
century text
Denkard.
Fasli is a term for a 1906
adaptation of the 11th
century Jalali calendar...
- and the dews can only destruct, they will
ultimately destroy themselves (
Denkard 3). As the
medieval texts also do for Ahriman, they
question whether the...
- clergy. The most
significant and
important books of this era
include the
Denkard, Bundahishn, Menog-i Khrad,
Selections of Zadspram,
Jamasp Namag, Epistles...
- and, in
later Middle Persian literature,
texts including the Bundahishn,
Denkard, and the Wizidagiha-i Zadspram.
According to the
Zoroastrian creation myth...
- the
Sasanian Avesta is the
Denkard, a 9th-10th
century compendium of Zoroastrianism. The 8th and 9th book of the
Denkard give an
overview of the Avesta...
