Zarathustra/Zoroaster
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:31 pm
The two following books give translations of passages in the Gathas, which are believed to originate with Zarathustra. In them, he describes his prayers and struggles to establish his ideas and gain acceptance for them.
There are, however, two versions of the story, one shorter and one longer, telling the same story. The author below reasoned the longer version is the "priestly" version, while the shorter is the "personal" version.
(Zoroaster) The Hymns of Zoroaster - usually called the Gathas (Transliterated Avestan-English, w grammar, tr Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie, 1914)
https://archive.org/details/hymnsofzoro ... h/page/n12
(Zoroaster) The Life of Zoroaster, in the Words of his Hymns (from both priestly & personal forms of the Gathas, tr, K S Guthrie, 1914) ET of shorter & longer versions in parallel columns.
https://archive.org/details/lifeofzoroa ... th/page/n6
DCH
Edit 7/4/19: The original language was Avestan, not Sanskrit, although the two languages are related.
There are, however, two versions of the story, one shorter and one longer, telling the same story. The author below reasoned the longer version is the "priestly" version, while the shorter is the "personal" version.
(Zoroaster) The Hymns of Zoroaster - usually called the Gathas (Transliterated Avestan-English, w grammar, tr Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie, 1914)
https://archive.org/details/hymnsofzoro ... h/page/n12
(Zoroaster) The Life of Zoroaster, in the Words of his Hymns (from both priestly & personal forms of the Gathas, tr, K S Guthrie, 1914) ET of shorter & longer versions in parallel columns.
https://archive.org/details/lifeofzoroa ... th/page/n6
DCH
Edit 7/4/19: The original language was Avestan, not Sanskrit, although the two languages are related.