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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The author_s principal objective in publishing these essays was to
present all the materials for impartial judgment of the scriptures
and religion of the Parsis. Contents: Essay I. History of the
Researches into the Sacred Writings and Religion of the Parsis;
Essay II. Languages of the Parsi Scriptures; Essay III. The
Zend-Avesta, or the Scripture of the Parsis; and Essay IV. The
Zoroastrian Religion as to its Origin and Development. A
biographical memoir of Dr. Haug by Professor E.P. Evans is also
included in this volume.
Published in English in 1884, this is the posthumous third edition
of an 1862 study by the German orientalist Martin Haug (1827 76).
He produced this groundbreaking analysis and comparison of Sanskrit
and the Avesta while professor of Sanskrit at the Government
College of Poona. His time in India enabled him to make an
unprecedented study of Zoroastrian texts, becoming the first to
translate the seventeen Gathas into a European language, thereby
helping to highlight that they were composed by Zoroaster. Edward
William West (1824 1905), an engineer and self-taught orientalist,
met Haug in India. Having read this work's first edition, he was
inspired to study further the Pahlavi language. On his and Haug's
return to Europe in 1866, they worked closely together in
translating and publishing Zoroastrian texts. West's edition of
Haug's Essays includes several updates, unpublished papers from
Haug's collection, appendices of further translations, and a
biography of the author.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.
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