Dēnkard (in Pahlavi)
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Dēnkard (in Pahlavi) is a major 9th-century Zoroastrian religious compendium written in Middle Persian, preserving theological, philosophical, and literary traditions of ancient Iran.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Dēnkard | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Persian prose work
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Zoroastrian religious text ⓘ religious compendium ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Zoroastrian priestly class ⓘ |
| bookCount | 9 ⓘ |
| category |
Iranian religious literature
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Pahlavi literature ⓘ Zoroastrian texts in Middle Persian ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Zoroastrian scholars ⓘ |
| contains |
commentary on the Avesta
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legal discussions ⓘ narrative material ⓘ philosophical discussions ⓘ summaries of lost Avestan texts ⓘ |
| culturalContext | late antique and early Islamic Iran ⓘ |
| date | 9th century ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
defense of Zoroastrianism
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organization of Zoroastrian knowledge ⓘ |
| genre | religious compendium ⓘ |
| importance |
key source for Middle Persian literature
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key source for Zoroastrian doctrinal history ⓘ |
| influence | later Zoroastrian theological writings ⓘ |
| language | Middle Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| originalLanguageFamily | Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyComposedIn | Sasanian and early Islamic periods ⓘ |
| preserves |
literary traditions of ancient Iran
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philosophical traditions of ancient Iran ⓘ theological traditions of ancient Iran ⓘ |
| region | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| religiousCanonRelation | secondary literature to the Avesta ⓘ |
| script | Pahlavi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | major source for Sasanian Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| structure | divided into nine books ⓘ |
| subject |
Zoroastrian cosmology
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Zoroastrian ethics ⓘ Zoroastrian law ⓘ Zoroastrian polemics ⓘ Zoroastrian ritual ⓘ Zoroastrian theology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | Zoroastrian tradition ⓘ |
| transmission | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | encyclopedic compilation ⓘ |
| usedBy | modern scholars of Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| usedFor | reconstruction of lost Avestan material ⓘ |
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