AN EXPOSITION OF THE LORE OF THE AVESTA IN CATECHETICAL DIALOGUE BEING THE APPLICATION OF THE AUTHOR'S WORKS UPON THE SUBJECT WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE FUNDS AND PROPERTIES OF THE PARSEE PUNCHAYET OF BOMBAY BY PROFESSOR LAWRENCE MILLS PROFESSOR OF ZEND ( AVESTA ) PHILOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. [...] Yes--so were those of the Greek ;—recall the names of the Greek letters —and even those of the Sanskrit N. B. which has been traced to the Phenician—but this has absolutely nothing whatever to do with the nature of the language itself. [...] As the language of the Achamenian Inscriptions was obviously the same language as that of the Avesta at a secodary stage of the Avesta language it is fair to suppose that the original Avesta alphabetical characters were a modifcation of the Cuneiform Achoomenian as a daughter-system of letter-characters usually grows from that of its mothesystem. [...] What was the cause and occasion of the adoption of the Semitic characters which we have in Aryan languages —for instance in the Avesta language in the Language of the Achamenian Inscriptions and in other languages. [...] But your first object is of course to discuss the subject of the bearing of the Pahlavi Persian and Sanskrit commentaries upon the Gathas and the Avesta ? Ans.
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- 200
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- India
- SARF Document ID
- sarf.141898
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Frontmatter
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i-xi | Lawrence Mills | view |
Part I.( Ia ) The Books as Documents
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1-15 | unknown | view |
Part II.( II a ) The Gathas
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16-26 | unknown | view |
Part III.The Great Vedic Reform in Iran (Eran) — The Gathas as its Source
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27-32 | unknown | view |
Tart IV. The Paramount Issues Recalled And the Discussion Continued Deepened and Expanded
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33-39 | unknown | view |
Part V. Further Application of the Above.(V a) The Contrast Between the Pre-Gathic Schemes and The Gathic Life
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40-53 | unknown | view |
Pakt VI. A Catechism Upon The Name and Attributes of God More Closely Considered
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54-62 | unknown | view |
Part VII. The Name Mazda
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63-64 | unknown | view |
Part VIII. (VIII a) The Attributes of God Again More Closely Considered From Another Point of View
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64-66 | unknown | view |
Part IX. The Limitations of God once Again Considered
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66-68 | unknown | view |
Part X. Abandonment ( For the Moment) of a Philosophical Attitude
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69-69 | unknown | view |
Part XI. The Names of The Attributes Further Considered. Vohu Manah
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70-77 | unknown | view |
Paet XII. Asha
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77-96 | unknown | view |
Part XIII. The Avesta and The Veda as The Pointings of The Evangelical Idea
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96-98 | unknown | view |
Part XIV . Some Further Lessons From The Personifications
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98-99 | unknown | view |
Part XV. The Rationalisation of The Doctrine
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99-108 | unknown | view |
Part XVI. Further Practical and More Personal Applications of The Doctrine
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109-136 | unknown | view |
Part XVII. The Ameshaspends as Guarding Various Forces in Nature or Certain Valued Objects Which Respectively Take Their Names
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136-144 | unknown | view |
Part XVIII.The Amesha Spenta in The Rig Veda. Asha
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144-147 | unknown | view |
Part XIX. Spenta Mainyu
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147-154 | unknown | view |
Part XX. Mithra
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155-161 | unknown | view |
Paht XXI. The Fravashis
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161-163 | unknown | view |
Part XXII Frashakard
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163-166 | unknown | view |
Part XXIII Garodman
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167-167 | unknown | view |
Part XXIV. Evil Spiritual Forces Greater or Lesser More Closely Defined in View of The Veda - Angra Mainyu
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167-171 | unknown | view |
Part XXV. A Summing-Up
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171-176 | unknown | view |