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Indo-Iranica. April 1953

1953

Knowing well the difficulties of mortal man in grasping the idea of the Unlimited owing to the limitations of our human mind the Prophet gave us the six Ameshd-Spenta (Holy Immortals) who are in part His "emanations" typifying the varied aspects of the Supreme. [...] Associated with Shushinak were six other deities of the first rank grouped in two triads"."' The parallels between Zoroastrian beliefs and those of Babylon and Egypt are fairly numerous and striking."' Especially striking is the represetation of the soul by the Egyptians in the form of a bird with wings and the scene of the Judgment after death in other world when the departed is weighed in t [...] 62 The Council of Nicaea and the consequent adoption of the Athana Creed by the Byzantine Christians led ultimately to the entire separation of the Church of Iran from that of Byzantium. [...] The whole of the early training of Shdpfir the Great was distinctly directed to the upholding of the powers of the aristocracy and the clergy. [...] The conditions at the time of the accession of Kawadh were very closely similar to those prevailing in France on the eve of the French Revolution or in Russia at the end of the First World War.
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Cover
i-i unknown view
Frontmatter
i-iii unknown view
Main Currents of Pre-Islamic Iranian Thought
1-27 J.S. Taraporewal view
Mahmud Gāwān And His Book Manāzir-Ul-Insha
28-36 Hasan Askari view
Iranian Influence on Medieval Indian Mystics
37-43 Mohan Singh view
The Union of the Eastern and the Western Culture
44-44 H.K. Iranschāhr view
Der Heutige Verlauf Des Nowruzfestes Beim Iranischen Volk
45-46 H.K. Iranschāhr view
Iran Society
47-48 unknown view
Extracts from the Annual Report 1952
49-53 unknown view
Presidential Address
54-56 Fr.v. Courtois view
Book Reviews
57-59 Hira Chopra view
News
60-67 Marine Daftary view
Ourselves
68-xx unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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