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  1 - A Comparative Study of Phonological Transformation in Gathas and Yazdi Zoroastrian Dialect
  Kourosh Zarfatan mahmoud sadeghzadeh saeid omidroosta
    Gathas is ancient scriptures from Zoroaster which is a priceless treasure left behind by ancient Iranians. In this paper, the words of the first seven chapters (Chapters 28-34) of the seventeen chapters of Gathas were studied in terms of phonological transformati More

    Gathas is ancient scriptures from Zoroaster which is a priceless treasure left behind by ancient Iranians. In this paper, the words of the first seven chapters (Chapters 28-34) of the seventeen chapters of Gathas were studied in terms of phonological transformation process, and in some cases in terms of etymology, phonology, and grammar. It is a descriptive, analytical, documentary and comparative study. Regarding the consonants, the study showed the main and stable form of ancient consonants and their transformations over time. Meanwhile, grammatical points, real forms of ancient consonants, and the subsequent transformations in the course of history were examined in three periods: Old Persian, Middle Persian, and contemporary Persian. In some cases, the study mentioned and compared the persistence and transformation of ancient consonants in the dialect of Muslims and Zoroastrians in Yazd. Consequently, the transformation of consonants from old period to the middle and contemporary period tended to reduction process. The results showed that the consonants have transformed more in Yazdi Muslim dialect and standard dialect rather than Yazdi Zoroastrian dialect. In Gathas and ancient scriptures, phonological transformation of phonemes /t/ to /d/, /p/ to /f/, /v/ to /b/ had higher frequency in Old Persian and Middle Persian compared to contemporary Persian. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Love and Reason in Gathas
  مهدی ازهری راد محمود طاووسی رضا افهمی
  Despite the various studies on Iranian ancient culture, the relationship among reason and love, and intuitive (inner) knowledge and acquired knowledge in pre-Islamic Iran has been entertained very little. But these ideas have been the center of attention for Muslim phil More

  Despite the various studies on Iranian ancient culture, the relationship among reason and love, and intuitive (inner) knowledge and acquired knowledge in pre-Islamic Iran has been entertained very little. But these ideas have been the center of attention for Muslim philosophers and mystics in Iran and Islamic period.  The present article, by studying Gathas, tries to show the relationship between reason and love in the thoughts of ancient Iranians. This relationship will be considered in the thoughts of Suhrawardi and Rigveda, applying a structuralistic approach. The results show that in Gathas and Avesta, despite the central role of reason in those texts, love and reason are different but complementary entities.   Manuscript profile
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  3 - The Role of Ashī in Ancient Iran
  نغمه حسینی
      Ashī is a pre-Zoroastrian divinity. In the Gathas, it is still an abstract concept and not yet a divinity, and implies both material and spiritual recompense. In the younger Avesta, Ashī appears as the goddess of fertility; in the Middle Persian, it is a More

      Ashī is a pre-Zoroastrian divinity. In the Gathas, it is still an abstract concept and not yet a divinity, and implies both material and spiritual recompense. In the younger Avesta, Ashī appears as the goddess of fertility; in the Middle Persian, it is also referred to as aši/arti, (Aši vaηuhī, nominative Ašiš vaηuhī "Good Reward"). The present article tries to study the role of Ashī in ancient Iran.     Manuscript profile