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An Exposition of the Lore of the Avesta in Catechetical Dialogue Being the Application of the Author’s Works upon the Subject

1916

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.

philosophy religion
Pages
200
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141898
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xi Lawrence Mills view
Part I.( Ia ) The Books as Documents
1-15 unknown view
Part II.( II a ) The Gathas
16-26 unknown view
Part III.The Great Vedic Reform in Iran (Eran) — The Gathas as its Source
27-32 unknown view
Tart IV. The Paramount Issues Recalled And the Discussion Continued Deepened and Expanded
33-39 unknown view
Part V. Further Application of the Above.(V a) The Contrast Between the Pre-Gathic Schemes and The Gathic Life
40-53 unknown view
Pakt VI. A Catechism Upon The Name and Attributes of God More Closely Considered
54-62 unknown view
Part VII. The Name Mazda
63-64 unknown view
Part VIII. (VIII a) The Attributes of God Again More Closely Considered From Another Point of View
64-66 unknown view
Part IX. The Limitations of God once Again Considered
66-68 unknown view
Part X. Abandonment ( For the Moment) of a Philosophical Attitude
69-69 unknown view
Part XI. The Names of The Attributes Further Considered. Vohu Manah
70-77 unknown view
Paet XII. Asha
77-96 unknown view
Part XIII. The Avesta and The Veda as The Pointings of The Evangelical Idea
96-98 unknown view
Part XIV . Some Further Lessons From The Personifications
98-99 unknown view
Part XV. The Rationalisation of The Doctrine
99-108 unknown view
Part XVI. Further Practical and More Personal Applications of The Doctrine
109-136 unknown view
Part XVII. The Ameshaspends as Guarding Various Forces in Nature or Certain Valued Objects Which Respectively Take Their Names
136-144 unknown view
Part XVIII.The Amesha Spenta in The Rig Veda. Asha
144-147 unknown view
Part XIX. Spenta Mainyu
147-154 unknown view
Part XX. Mithra
155-161 unknown view
Paht XXI. The Fravashis
161-163 unknown view
Part XXII Frashakard
163-166 unknown view
Part XXIII Garodman
167-167 unknown view
Part XXIV. Evil Spiritual Forces Greater or Lesser More Closely Defined in View of The Veda - Angra Mainyu
167-171 unknown view
Part XXV. A Summing-Up
171-176 unknown view

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