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11. MSS Avestan 21

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 21
Title:
Khordah Avesta
Scope & Content:
Khordah Avesta dated 10 Ardibihisht 1093 AY (1723). Contents comprise: Introductory prayers; five Niyāyish; Āfarīns: Gāthā, Gahanbār, and Dahmān; five Gāhs; Yashts: Hōrmazd, Haft Amshāspand, Ardabahisht, 2 Srōsh, Hōm, Vanand, Bahrām; Bāj, Nīrangs, Avestan fragments and Sīrōzahs. Copied in 2 ha...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
1723
Extent:

Codex; ff. 277+i

12. MSS Avestan 24

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 24
Title:
Zoroastrian liturgy
Scope & Content:
Zoroastrian liturgy in Avestan, called Vaẓarkard (title in Persian), on the ceremonies connected with the barsom and dron followed by the Pazand Patīt (ff. 155-63). Colophons in Pazand (f. 154r) and Gujarati (f. 154v): completed on the day Khurdad Ameshaspand (6th) in the month Fravardin yea...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Pahlavi
Date Range:
1761
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+154+vi

13. MSS Avestan 25

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 25
Title:
Khordah Avesta
Scope & Content:
The Khordah Avesta in Avestan with Persian translation. Contents: Introductory prayers, 5 Nyāishes, Hormazd Yasht; Āfrīnagāns: Gahanbār, Gāthā and Dahman. ff. iv verso-1r: explanatory note and contents in Persian. Colophon (f. 84v): copied for Jonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay 1795-1811) ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1808
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+87

14. MSS Avestan 26

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 26
Title:
Zoroastrian texts
Scope & Content:
Zoroastrian texts comprising: (1) An imperfect copy of the Pahlavi Stāyišn ī sīrōzag, or praise of 30 days (ff. 1r-38r); (2) Pīrsad in Avestan, glossed in Persian as kīriyā-yi yazishnī, with occasional rubrics in upturned Gujarati, and Persian colophon dated Srosh (17th) of the month Day...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Pahlavi
Date Range:
1737
Extent:

Codex; ff. v+84+iii

15. MSS Avestan 27

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 27
Title:
Visperad
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Visperad ending on f. 121v. Lacks final pages.Note on f 1r: "Guises Catalogue 4to No 58" followed by a long note describing the work, possibly by the East India Company Librarian Charles Wilkins, which is continued on f. 123v (now upside down).A short note in Gujarat also on f. 123v...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Gujarati, and Pahlavi
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

ii+122+i folios

16. MSS Avestan 29

Reference (shelfmark):
MSS Avestan 29
Title:
Yasna
Scope & Content:
Yasna with interlinear Pahlavi and New Persian versions. Copied in Rustampura, Surat, by Faramarz, son of Asfandiyarji ibn Naoroji of Surat, for Behdin Faramarzji Cowasji Banaji on Mihr (12th day) of Shahrivar 1194 AY qadimi, Samvat 1881, Saka era 1746 (1825). Former number: Z&P XXIX.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Pahlavi, and Persian
Date Range:
1825
Extent:

Codex; ff. v+452+iv

17. RSPA 221

Reference (shelfmark):
RSPA 221
Title:
Zoroastrian prayer-book
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1827
Extent:
ff. i+126+i

18. RSPA 223

Reference (shelfmark):
RSPA 223
Title:
Khordah Avesta with Persian translation
Scope & Content:
The Avestan Khordah Avasta with Persian translation and commentary. Contents include: Ashem vohu and Yatha ahu vairyo prayers, followed by the Kushti nirang, the Bāj-i ṭaʻām khvurdan (grace before meat), etc. (ff. 1v-16r); Niyāyishs: Khvurshīd, Mihr and Māh (ff. 16r-48v); Gāhs: Hāvan, Rapithwin (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Codex; ff. i+351

19. RSPA 229

Reference (shelfmark):
RSPA 229
Title:
Visperad with Pahlavi translation
Scope & Content:
A beautifully copied text of the Avestan Visperad with a Pahlavi translation. A note in Persian on f. 1r gives the title as Vīsparad bā Pahlavī maʻnī, copied for the Iranian Siyāvakhsh ibn Hurmazdyār Āẕari by his faithful disciple Īrachjī Suhrābjī Dastūr on Zamyad of the month Murdad qadīmī 12...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Pahlavi
Date Range:
1861
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+33

20. RSPA 230

Reference (shelfmark):
RSPA 230
Title:
Videvdād sādah
Scope & Content:
Videvdād sādah. Copied by Mihrbān son of Anūshīrvān son of Bahrām Shāh in Yazd on 15 Isfand 1016 Yazdagirdi (1647), for a Zoroastrian of Kirman, Marzbān son of Sandal son of Khusraw. Lacks first page and several at end. Text begins on f. 2r Colophon in form of 44 Persian verses (f.151r) Illus...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Persian
Date Range:
1647
Extent:

272 ff.

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