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There is no consistency in the use of the name of both the ceremony and the text used within said ceremony. The [[Middle Persian]] name is Juddewdad, combining ”jud” (anti-),{{sfn|MacKenzie|1971|loc=p. 47: “jud [ywdt’ |
There is no consistency in the use of the name of both the ceremony and the text used within said ceremony. The [[Middle Persian]] name is Juddewdad, combining ”jud” (anti-),{{sfn|MacKenzie|1971|loc=p. 47: “jud [ywdt’] separate, different; anti-“}} ”dew” (demon),{{sfn|MacKenzie|1971|loc=p. 26: “déw [šydy] demon, devil”}} and ”dad” (law).{{sfn|MacKenzie|1971|loc=p. 23: “dаd [d’t dd] law, justice; those scriptures dealing with legal matters”}} |
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For instance, the [[Encyclopædia Iranica]] uses explicitely the term ”Vendidad” to refer to the text.{{sfn|Malandra|2015|loc=” |
For instance, the [[Encyclopædia Iranica]] uses explicitely the term ”Vendidad” to refer to the text.{{sfn|Malandra|2015|loc=” |
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VENDĪDĀD: the common name given to the Avestan text widaēwa-dāta-, Pahl. jud-dēw-dād “The Law repudiating the Demons””}} |
VENDĪDĀD: the common name given to the Avestan text widaēwa-dāta-, Pahl. jud-dēw-dād “The Law repudiating the Demons””}} |
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Latest revision as of 11:22, 17 October 2025
Zoroastrian religious ceremony
The Yasht Visperad Videvdad or simply Videvdad is a .
There is no consistency in the use of the name of both the ceremony and the text used within said ceremony. The Middle Persian name is Juddewdad, combining jud (anti-), dew (demon), and dad (law).
For instance, the Encyclopædia Iranica uses explicitely the term Vendidad to refer to the text.[5]
The core of the Videvdad ceremony consits of a Visperad ceremony into which the text of the Vendidad is intercalated at certain points. Based on the descriptions in the Denkard, this text can be identified with the Juddewdad (Middle Persian for Videvdad), one of the volumes of the Sasanian Avesta.[6] While most volumes of the Sasanian Avesta are either fragementary or lost, the Juddewdad is considered to be the only one which has survived completely.
The Yasht Visperad VidevdadYasht
- ^ Malandra 2015, ” VENDĪDĀD: the common name given to the Avestan text widaēwa-dāta-, Pahl. jud-dēw-dād “The Law repudiating the Demons””.
- ^ Cantera 2013, p. 336: “The intercalated Widewdad [appears] in manuscripts containing the Avestan version and its Pahlavi translation. Furthermore, [it is] described in the Denkard as one Nask of the Great Avesta”.
