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431. Mss Avestan 5

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Mss Avestan 5
Title:
Vīdevdād sādah and Vishtāsp Yasht
Scope & Content:
Vīdevdād sādah and Vishtāsp Yasht completed on the 5th day of the 10th month of 1161 of the Yazdagird era (1792 A.D) and copied by Ervad Rustam Darab Framroz Minuchihr Kershaspji Pavri at Bombay. Contents: Vishtāsp Yasht (ff. 1r-4v): in a very small hand, 46-54 lines per page. Vīdevdād sādah (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
1792
Extent:

iii+401+xi folios

432. Mss Avestan 6

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Mss Avestan 6
Title:
Yasna sādah
Scope & Content:
Yasna sādah, copied in Bharuch, Gujarat, by Herbad Rustam Bahram Ardashir Nushirvan on 22 Rabiʿ I, 1152 corresponding to the day Srosh of the month Dah 1110 of the Yazdagird era (29 June 1739 - although the two dates don't correspond). Interlinear glosses in Persian, generally in the margin.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan, Gujarati, and Persian
Date Range:
1741
Extent:

iii+196+iii folios

433. MSS Avestan 8

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MSS Avestan 8
Title:
Rivāyat of Kāmdīn Shāpūr
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Rivāyat of Kāmdīn Shāpūr in Persian but in Avestan script, containing instructions on ritual matters sent from Iran to the Parsis of India, completed according to the Persian colophon (f. 137r) in Nawsari, Gujarat, on the day Aban in the month Day 1020 of the Yazdagird era (1652) b...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Gujarati and Persian
Date Range:
1652
Extent:

154 folios

434. MSS Avestan 9

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MSS Avestan 9
Title:
Khordah Avesta
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Khordah Avesta (‘little Avesta’) which includes the introductory prayers, five Nyayish, the Hormazd yasht, Patets, Nerangs, three Afrinagan (Dahman, Ardafravash, and Gahanbar); and Pazand and Sanskrit Ashirvads. Gujarati version in in Devanagari upturned script. No colophon, but the...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Gujarati
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

214 folios

435. MSS Avestan 10

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MSS Avestan 10
Title:
Khordah Avesta
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Khordah Avesta comprising the introductory prayers, five Nyayishes; the Hormazd, Ardabahisht, two Srosh, Hom and Vanand yashts; five Gahs, Patit, Nirangs, and Namaskars. A Gujarati colophon on folio 124 states that the manuscript was copied by Behdin Aga Bahram Dhanji Jivaji Dalal...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Gujarati
Date Range:
1786
Extent:

Codex; ff. vi+ii+128+vi

436. MSS Avestan 14

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MSS Avestan 14
Title:
Zoroastrian liturgy
Scope & Content:
A collection of various Baj liturgies described on the flyleaf in Persian as Drūn yashtān and on the endpaper as “Daroun Sade.” Completed in the month of Adar with the name of the scribe obliterated (Persian inscription on endpaper). The flyleaf and the endpaper have been reversed and are con...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Gujarati
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+149+i

437. MSS Avestan 17

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MSS Avestan 17
Title:
Yasna sādah
Scope & Content:
One of the oldest copies of the Yasna Sādah (the simple text of the Yasna ritual without any commentary). Completed, according to the Persian colophon (f. 198v), on the day Bahram (20th) of the month Avan 925 AY (1556), by Herbad Ardashir Mobed Jiva who traces his genealogy via Ardashir Ram Kamd...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Gujarati
Date Range:
1556
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+198+i

438. MSS Avestan 18

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MSS Avestan 18
Title:
Yasna sādah
Scope & Content:
Yasna sādah, lacking colophon. Rubrics in Gujarati in upturned script. Former nos.: Z&P XVIII; L20 (Geldner); Guise 61.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Avestan and Gujarati
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

codex; ff. i+169

439. MSS Avestan 21

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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

440. 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

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