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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dēnkard (in Pahlavi) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6215326 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dēnkard (in Pahlavi) Context triple: [Pahlavi script, notableText, Dēnkard (in Pahlavi)]
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Inscriptional Pahlavi block
Inscriptional Pahlavi block is a Unicode block that encodes characters used for writing the ancient Middle Persian Inscriptional Pahlavi script.
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Avestan script
The Avestan script is an ancient writing system developed to record the sacred Zoroastrian texts in the Avestan language and related early Iranian languages.
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Divan (Persian)
Divan (Persian) is a celebrated collection of lyrical poetry by the 16th-century Azerbaijani-Ottoman poet Fuzuli, renowned for its rich emotional depth and mastery of classical Persian literary forms.
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Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription
The Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription is a monumental Sasanian rock inscription by Shapur I, carved in three languages and detailing his reign, conquests, and royal ideology.
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E.
Avesta
The Avesta is the primary collection of sacred scriptures of Zoroastrianism, containing hymns, liturgical texts, and religious teachings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dēnkard (in Pahlavi) Target entity description: Dēnkard (in Pahlavi) is a major 9th-century Zoroastrian religious compendium written in Middle Persian, preserving theological, philosophical, and literary traditions of ancient Iran.
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A.
Inscriptional Pahlavi block
Inscriptional Pahlavi block is a Unicode block that encodes characters used for writing the ancient Middle Persian Inscriptional Pahlavi script.
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B.
Avestan script
The Avestan script is an ancient writing system developed to record the sacred Zoroastrian texts in the Avestan language and related early Iranian languages.
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C.
Divan (Persian)
Divan (Persian) is a celebrated collection of lyrical poetry by the 16th-century Azerbaijani-Ottoman poet Fuzuli, renowned for its rich emotional depth and mastery of classical Persian literary forms.
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D.
Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription
The Ka'ba-ye Zartosht trilingual inscription is a monumental Sasanian rock inscription by Shapur I, carved in three languages and detailing his reign, conquests, and royal ideology.
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E.
Avesta
The Avesta is the primary collection of sacred scriptures of Zoroastrianism, containing hymns, liturgical texts, and religious teachings.
- F. None of above. chosen
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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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dēnkard (in Pahlavi) Description of subject: Dēnkard (in Pahlavi) is a major 9th-century Zoroastrian religious compendium written in Middle Persian, preserving theological, philosophical, and literary traditions of ancient Iran.
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