ZOROASTRIAN RITUALS.  Ritual has been variously theorized in recent decades (Kreinath, Snoek, and Stausberg).  While the category remains elusive, the…

MODI, JIVANJI JAMSHEDJI (1854-1933), Parsi priest, scholar, public servant, and community activist (Figure 1). Modi was the only son of…

SANJANA, Darab Dastur Peshotan (b. Bombay, 18 November 1857; d. Bombay, 5 August 1931), Zoroastrian head-priest and scholar. He was…

KUKADARU, JAMSHEDJI SORAB  (b. Surat, 26 May 1831; d. Bombay, 4 October 1900), Parsi Zoroastrian priest. Kukadaru was born in…

JĀMĀSPASA, DASTUR JAMASPJI MINOCHERJI (b. Bombay, 1830; d. Bombay, 26 September 1898; FIGURE 1), Parsi priest and Iranologist. Dastur Jamaspji…

ZOROASTER vi. AS PERCEIVED IN WESTERN EUROPE AFTER ANTIQUITY There is a continuous tradition of reports about Zoroaster among early…