We often talk about our Holy Avesta Scriptures. However, what exactly are these scriptures? How many are extant and how many have been lost over the vicissitudes of time? Twenty-one volumes of Avesta: It is believed that there were originally twenty-one Nasks or volumes of the Avesta from the time of Asho Zarathushtra, which […]
Daisy P. Navdar is a teacher by profession and a firm believer in the efficacy of our Manthravani. She is focused on ensuring that the deep significance of our prayers is realized by our youth. She credits her learnings and insights, shared in her articles, to all Zoroastrian priests and scholars whose efforts have contributed […]
ઈતિહાસના અમુક તબક્કે, એલેકઝાન્ડરે પર્સીપોલિસની મહાન લાઇબ્રેરીઓને લૂંટી અને તેમાં રહેલા અમૂલ્ય ગ્રંથોનો નાશ કર્યો હતો. દારૂના નશાના આક્રોશમાં તે 21 પવિત્ર નાસ્કનો નાશ કરવામાં સફળ રહ્યો. નાસ્ક પ્રાચીન શાણપણ અને જ્ઞાનને બદલી ન શકાય તેવા પુસ્તકો હતા જેણે સમય, અવકાશ અને શક્તિને વટાવી દીધી હતી. તેઓ આપણા ગહન વિશ્ર્વાસના પાયા હતા. અને કદાચ આ […]
. In the court of the Kayanian King Vishtasp, Zarathustra occupied an exalted position. He was made to sit on a special throne, next to the King himself. This invited the jealously of the other courtiers of the court of Vishtasp. They hatched a plot, wherein they proved Zarathustra to be an evil wizard who […]
At some point in history, Alexander (definitely not great) pillaged the great libraries of Persepolis and destroyed the invaluable texts contained therein. In that rampage of drunken rage, he managed to destroy the 21 Holy Nasks. The Nasks were irreplaceable books of ancient wisdom and knowledge that transcended time, space and energy. They were the […]