DŪRAOŠA-, Avestan word, attested once in the Older Avesta (Y. 32.14), in the Younger Avesta the preferred and exclusive epithet…

DRVĀSPĀ (or Drwāspā, Druuāspā, lit., “with solid horses”), Avestan goddess. Her name suggests that she must have been a divinity…

DRUJ-, Avestan feminine noun defining the concept opposed to that of aṧa-. Controversies about the meaning of the latter word…

DRIWAY- (or Driβi-), Younger Avestan noun from the Vidēvdād; it is not a substantive but an adjective in -i- referring…

DĒN YAŠT (Yašt 16 of the Avesta), a relatively short text, consisting for the most part of repetitive or formulaic…

DĀMI-, Avestan word, probably the noun of agency connected with Old Avestan dāman- “stake” (Y. 46.6, 48.7; equivalent to Skt….

ČISTĀ and Čisti, Avestan derivatives of the verb cit “to notice, to understand.” Čistā is in many respects an enigmatic…

HĀDŌXT NASK (Book of scriptures), the sixth of the seven Gaθic nasks (Gāsānīg) of the Sasanian Avesta, according to the…

AVESTAN LANGUAGE iv. AVESTAN SYNTAX The only complete syntax of Avestan which is still usable today is H. Reichelt’s Awestisches…