Antonio Panaino
- KOSSOWICZ, CAJETANUS ANDREEVICH
KOSSOWICZ, Cajetanus Andreevich (b. Polotsk, Belarus, 14 May 1814 [for this date see below]; d. St. Petersburg, Russia, 7 February…
- KAYĀNSĪH
KAYĀNSĪH, Pahlavi form of the name of a mythical sea, Av. Kąsaoiia-. The Avestan word (adj., neuter with zraiiah- “lake,…
- HARTNER, WILLY
HARTNER, WILLY, Professor of the History of Sciences specializing in astronomy (b. Ennigerloh Westfalen (Germany), 22 January 1905, d. Bad…
- PARADISE
PARADISE, the concept of. General premises. The concept of “Paradise” as a prime spiritual place, usually considered the final abode…
- WIZĀRIŠN Ī ČATRANG UD NIHIŠN Ī NĒW-ARDAXŠĪR
WIZĀRIŠN Ī ČATRANG UD NIHIŠN Ī NĒW-ARDAXŠĪR [WČN], “the explanation of chess and the arrangement of backgammon.” WČN is a…
- DUŽYĀIRYA
DUŽYĀIRYA (Av.; OPers. dušiyāra; AirWb., col. 759; Kent, Old Persian, p. 192), a compound (Duchesne-Guillemin, 1936, pp. 145, 192) meaning…
- CASARTELLI, LOUIS CHARLES
CASARTELLI, LOUIS CHARLES (b. Manchester, 14 November 1852, to a Lombard family settled in England; d. Manchester, 18 January 1925),…
- CANNIZZARO, FRANCESCO ADOLFO
CANNIZZARO, FRANCESCO ADOLFO (b. Messina, 13 July 1867; d. Rome, 24 April 1914), Italian autodidact of Oriental languages and translator…
- CALENDARS
CALENDARS i. Pre-Islamic calendars. ii. In the Islamic period. iii. Afghan calendars. iv. Other modern calendars. i. Pre-Islamic Calendars…
- PLANETS
PLANETS In antiquity, only five planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) were known, because these were visible to the naked…
- Italy xv. IsMEO
IsMEO is an acronym for the Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente (‘Italian Institute for Middle and Far…
- HORDĀD
HORDĀD, one of the Avestan entities (see AMƎŠA SPƎNTA), normally mentioned in association with Amərətāt (very often in a dual…
- HAŠTPĀY
HAŠTPĀY, name of a game from the Sasanian era which has not been precisely identified. The haštpāy [hštp’y] “eight feet”…
- HAFTŌRANG
HAFTŌRANG, the circumpolar constellation Ursa Major (UMa) was already known in Young Avestan literature under the appellative of haptōiriṇga- (only…
- HAFT AMAHRASPAND YAŠT
HAFT AMAHRASPAND YAŠT, or simply Haf-tān yašt (Panaino, 1994, p. 168), the second hymn of the Avestan corpus. It is…
- GAṆDARƎBA
GAṆDARƎBA- (var.gaṇdərəβa- or gaṇdaraβa-; Mid. Pers. Gandarw/Gandarb), a term attested the Avesta as the name of a monster living in…
- TIŠTRYA
TIŠTRYA (Pahl. Tištar, NPers. Teštar), an important Old Iranian astral divine being (yazata-), to whom the eighth hymn (Tištar Yašt)…
- EAST AND WEST
EAST AND WEST, an English language quarterly published since 1950 by IsMEO (Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente…
- ZODIAC
ZODIAC, a circle, oblique with respect to the equator, represented on the celestial sphere and divided into twelve equal parts,…
- MAGIC i. MAGICAL ELEMENTS IN THE AVESTA AND NĒRANG LITERATURE
MAGIC i. MAGICAL ELEMENTS IN THE AVESTA AND NĒRANG LITERATURE The presence of magical elements in the strict sense (i.e.,…