Perspectives of Hinduism and Zoroastrianism on abortion: a comparative study between two pro-life ancient sisters [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2019 Hinduism and Zoroastrianism have strong historical bonds and share similar value-systems. As an instance, both of these religions are pro-life. Abortion has been explicitly mentioned in Zoroastrian Holy Scriptures including Avesta, Shayast-Nashayast and ...
Kiarash Aramesh
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`elyôn como hipóstase de Ahura Mazda – uma leitura de Dt 32,8-9
Horizonte, 2016 O artigo postula a hipótese de ler Dt 32,8-9 como narrativa politeísta e monolátrica, pós-exílica, escrita em contexto de subordinação político-cultural à hegemonia persa, de cujo império depende inegociavelmente a restauração e a preservação de Judá. Em
Osvaldo Luiz Ribeiro
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AAn Analysis and Face Recognition of Amesha Spenta with an Approach to the Zoroaster’s Gahan and Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2022 In the belief system of Zoroastrianism, Amesha Spenta have spiritual role and value in the structure of human society. Following the spiritual messages of Amesha Spenta, everyone will be able to access the eternal happiness in the material and spiritual ...
Kourosh Zarfatan +2 more
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The evolution and evolution of Savior Bauer's thought from the avesta of the earlier to the sources of Pahlavi [PDF]
مطالعات ادیان و عرفان تطبیقی, 2022 From Zoroaster time to the time when Avesta and other Pahlavi sources, under the title of Saviorism were written, lots of essential changes have taken place.Passing the centuries, the various historical events (like Alexander's attack), the diversity of ...
Shirzad Bastami +2 more
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Mantra and its function in Zoroastrianism [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2023 Mantra and Its Function in ZoroastrianismMantra is one of Zoroastrian most essential teachings. Avestan Mantra denotes “Avesta as a sacred book,” “holy discourse,” and certain Avestan prayers whose accurate recitation is crucial.
Mojtaba Zurvani, hasan namian
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Symbological Investigation and Analysis of Fire Motifs in Pre-Islamic Iran: Emphasizing Works of the Median and Achaemenid Periods [PDF]
پیکره, 2022 Problem Definition: By observing the status of fire and fire-place in the reliefs of works left by the kings of the Medes and Achaemenids, it could be understood that fire had a very high and sacred position in Pre-Islamic Iran.
Hoori Davoudi, Zahra Hosseinabadi
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What to think of Dumezil's tripartite approach of Indo-European cosmologies? [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2020 The paper analyzes the tripartite approach of Indo-European cosmologies once proposed by Georges Dumezil (1898-1986). The first part describes what Dumezil proposed, and then the second part tries to assess the relevancy and limitations of the tripartite
Fournet, A.
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A Visual Research on History, Features and Representation of Motifs of Other Civilizations in the Bistoon Relief [PDF]
نگره, 2022 Bistoon relief is the only Achaemenid art-historical work that symbolically depicts the victory of the Achaemenid kings. This relief, along with its trilingual inscription, commemorates the victories of Darius I over his opponents and enemies, which are ...
hadi ghaempanah, Mahtab Mobini
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“Cultural Premıses” in Kultobe City
Поволжская археология, 2022 The article examines the premises uncovered as a result of archaeological excavations at the Kultobe settlement located in the city of Turkestan in 2019. In the center of these rooms there are foci with a hole (in some foci, vessels are inserted into the
Akylbek Serik Sh. , Gursoy M.
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The shadow of God and the Zurvan iconography [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2015 This article presents the results of a study of the Zurvan image's forming in the iconographic canon of Zurvanite myths. The relevance of the chosen topic is due to the following reasons: 1) in modern Iranian studies there is no universally recognized ...
Larichev, V.E. +2 more
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