Vandidad Sade (The Manuscript of Malek’s National Library in Tehran)

Document Type : Research original ,Regular Article

Authors
Katayun Mazdapur 1
Hamidreza Dalvand 2
1 Professor, Ancient Iranian Languages and Culture, Linguistics Department, Institute of Humanities sciences and Cultural Studies
2 Researcher, Institute of Humanities Sciences and Cultural Studies
Abstract
The rare manuscript of Malek’s National library in Tehran is an important Avesta manuscript and Geldner has not seen it in his famous work. It is an Indian manuscript with special features that had written by a Parsi Hirbed’s son, Darab son of Rostam, in the 1102 Y/1732 AD. English surgeon and collector, Samuel Guise, in the nineteenth century took it to London from India. In the 1812 sale, it was sold and until 1377 Š , the book was among the various collectors. Malek’s National Library, at this year, bought it.
The aim of this article is introduce the importance of Malek’s manuscript, and also it provides explanation and analysis of the structure of Vandidad Sade.
Keywords
Avesta
Vandidad Sade
Avesta manuscripts
Malek’s National library
Samuel Guise
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Language Studies
Volume 2, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
December 2012
Pages 39-58

  • Receive Date 06 September 2011
  • Revise Date 15 October 2012
  • Accept Date 29 September 2011