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Zoroastrian Sacred Texts

The most comprehensive digital collection spanning four millennia of Mazdayasnian wisdom

72
Yasna Chapters
17
Gathas
21
Yashts
22
Vendidad
15+
Pahlavi Texts

The Five Gahs (Daily Prayer Times)

Havan Gah

Sunrise to Noon

Rapithwin Gah

Noon to Mid-afternoon

Uzerin Gah

Mid-afternoon to Sunset

Aiwisruthrem Gah

Sunset to Midnight

Ushahin Gah

Midnight to Sunrise

The Gathas

The Avesta

Yasna

avesta

The Worship Ceremony

72 chapters

The primary liturgical collection. Contains the Gathas, Yasna Haptanghaiti, and ritual prayers.

Yashts

avesta

Hymns to the Divine Beings

21 chapters

21 hymns to the Yazatas. Rich mythological content including hymns to Mithra, Anahita, and the Fravashis.

Vendidad

avesta

Law Against Demons

22 chapters

The only complete nask to survive. Contains laws, purity codes, and mythology.

Visperad

avesta

All the Lords

24 chapters

Liturgical extensions to Yasna used during Gahambar festivals.

Prayers & Liturgy

Khordeh Avesta

prayers

Book of Daily Prayers

The prayer book for laypeople containing Kusti prayers, Gahs, Nyayishes, and short Yashts.

Pahlavi Literature

Bundahishn

pahlavi

Book of Primal Creation

36 chapters

The most important cosmogonical text describing creation and Frashokereti.

Denkard

pahlavi

Acts of the Religion

9 chapters

Encyclopedia of Zoroastrian knowledge. Books 3-9 survive.

Arda Wiraf Namag

pahlavi

Book of the Righteous Wiraf

101 chapters

Visionary journey through heaven and hell. Predates Dante.

Menog i Khrad

pahlavi

Spirit of Wisdom

63 chapters

Philosophical dialogue with personified Spirit of Wisdom.

Dadestan i Denig

pahlavi

Religious Judgments

92 chapters

92 theological questions answered by high priest Manushchihr.

Sad Dar

pahlavi

The Hundred Doors

100 chapters

Practical guide of 100 chapters on religious duties.

Shayast la-Shayast

pahlavi

Proper and Improper

Religious laws on proper and improper conduct.

Selections of Zadspram

pahlavi

Priest's Anthology

Compilation covering cosmogony and life of Zarathustra.

Sacred Books of the East (Free Online)

Key Scholars

Mary Boyce

1920-2006
Zoroastrians: Their Beliefs
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R.C. Zaehner

1913-1974
Dawn and Twilight
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James Darmesteter

1849-1894
Zend-Avesta (SBE)
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E.W. West

1824-1905
Pahlavi Texts (SBE)
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Stanley Insler

1937-2019
The Gāthās
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