The Bundahishn

Knowledge from the Zand

1897 | 25,140 words

Summary: A collection of texts related to Zoroastrian cosmogony and cosmology. The contents focuses on the Zoroastrianism's creation myth, and the first battles of 'Ahura Mazda' and 'Angra Mainyu'. Most of the chapters of the compendium date to the 8th and 9th centuries.

The Bundahishn ("Creation"), or Knowledge from the Zand.

Translated by E. W. West, from Sacred Books of the East, volume 5, Oxford University Press, 1897.

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