Denkard
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Denkard is a 9th–10th century encyclopedic compendium of Zoroastrian religious texts, traditions, and theological commentary written in Middle Persian.
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Persian work
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Zoroastrian religious text ⓘ encyclopedic compendium ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Avesta
NERFINISHED
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Sasanian Zoroastrian tradition ⓘ |
| category |
Middle Persian literature
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Zoroastrian literature ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Zoroastrian priestly scholars ⓘ |
| contains |
Zoroastrian religious texts
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Zoroastrian traditions ⓘ polemical material ⓘ summaries of lost Avestan texts ⓘ theological discussions ⓘ |
| date | 9th–10th century ⓘ |
| genre |
religious encyclopedia
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theological commentary ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| influence | later Zoroastrian theological literature ⓘ |
| language | Middle Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 9 ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| religiousCanonStatus | non-canonical but authoritative in tradition ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Mazdayasna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Pahlavi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
major source for Sasanian Zoroastrian theology
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preserves information on otherwise lost Zoroastrian texts ⓘ |
| structure | divided into nine books ⓘ |
| subject |
Zoroastrian cosmology
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Zoroastrian doctrine ⓘ Zoroastrian ethics ⓘ Zoroastrian law ⓘ Zoroastrian ritual ⓘ history of the Avesta ⓘ |
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