The Avesta (Zend-Avesta)
tr. James Darmesteter, L. H. Mills & A. V. W. Jackson (Sacred Books of the East) · 1898 · English (from Avestan)
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About this book
The Zoroastrian scriptures — the Vendidad (22 Fargards), the Yashts (hymns to the yazatas), and the Yasna (the sacred liturgy, 72 chapters). The complete Sacred Books of the East translation (Darmesteter, Mills, Jackson) is hosted here.
Relevance to this project
7 Amesha Spentas, 16 sacred lands, 21 Yashts, 72 Yasna chapters, 99,999 diseases — the Indo-Iranian sibling of the Ṛg Veda carrying the system’s constants in its own frame.
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