Bernfried Schlerath
(1924–2003), German scholar of Indo-European, chiefly Indo-Iranian, philology and Indo-European cultural studies. See SCHLERATH, BERNFRIED.
- ĀXŠTI
ĀXŠTI (Avestan) “Peace, contract of peace.” The existence of a late Avestan divinity Āxšti (fem.) is doubtful. The common noun,…
- AŠI
AŠI, Avestan feminine noun meaning “thing attained, reward, share, portion, recompense” and, as a personification, the goddess “Reward, Fortune.” The…
- AŠƎM VOHŪ
AŠƎM VOHŪ, the second of the four great prayers of the Zoroastrians, the others being: Ahuna vairyō (Y. 27.13), Yeŋ́hē…
- AṦA
AṦA, “truth” in Avestan, from Indo-Iranian *ṛtá-, a neuter noun having the same meaning. The word is attested in Old…
- ANDREAS, FRIEDRICH CARL
ANDREAS, FRIEDRICH CARL, German Iranologist (1846-1930). i. Life and work. ii. The Andreas Nachlass. iii. The Andreas Theory. i. Life…
- AHURĀNĪ
AHURĀNĪ, feminine deity of the waters. A complete yašt, hidden in the Yasna as chapter 68, is dedicated to her….
- AHU
AHU, two homonymous Avestan terms. 1. “Existence, life.” This word occurs in a range of religious phrases: (a) Both the…
- AHRIŠWANG
AHRIŠWANG, a learned transcription of the Avestan nominative Ašiš vaŋuhī, the goddess “Good Recompense.” In the Gathas the word aši-…
- HĄM.VAINTĪ
HĄM.VAINTĪ, Zoroastrian divinity “Victory.” Louis H. Gray (Foundations, p. 148) wrote: “Normally the distinctive epithet of Āxšti, Hąm-vaintī (‘Conquering’) is…
- GELDNER, KARL FRIEDRICH
GELDNER, KARL FRIEDRICH, German scholar of Iranian and Indian studies (1852-1929; Figure 1). 1. Life. Geldner was born the son…
- GEIGER, WILHELM
GEIGER, WILHELM, German scholar of Iranian and Indian philology (b. Nuremberg 21 July 1856, d. Neubiberg 2 September 1943; Figure…
- GAOTƎMA
GAOTƎMA, an Avestan proper name only attested in Yt. 13.16: “An eloquent man will be born, who makes his words…