MIHR YAŠT, Middle Persian form of the name of the tenth of the 21 Yašts of the Avesta. It constituted…

YAŠTS, the group of 21 Avestan hymns in praise of various deities of the Zoroastrian pantheon. They form an important…

HERTEL, JOHANNES, Sanskritist and Iranist (born 13 March 1872 in Zwickau, Saxony, Germany; died 27 October 1955 in Leipzig, where…

HAUG, MARTIN, Oriental scholar and one of the founders of Iranian studies (b. January 30, 1827 in Ostdorf near Balingen,…

FRAŠŌ.KƎRƎTI – (Sk.tr. vráddhi-kráti-, akṣaya-, Mid. Pers. frašegird, Man. Mid. Pers. prš(y)gyrd; probably: making wonderful or excellent), Avestan compound consisting…