Earth's Sacred Texts

Zoroastrianism

The Avesta

The primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, containing hymns (the Gathas, attributed to Zoroaster himself), laws, and rituals. Presents the Vendidad, Yasna, Visperad, Yasts, Sirozahs, and Nyayis in James Darmesteter's and L.H. Mills's 1880s Sacred Books of the East translations.

The Zend-Avesta, Part I: The Vendidad (tr. James Darmesteter, Sacred Books of the East vol. 4, 1880)

The Zend-Avesta, Part II: The Sirozahs, Yasts, and Nyayis (tr. James Darmesteter, Sacred Books of the East vol. 23, 1883)

The Zend-Avesta, Part III: The Yasna, Visperad, Afrinagan, Gahs, and Miscellaneous Fragments (tr. L. H. Mills, Sacred Books of the East vol. 31, 1887)