This book examines the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia. It explores developments through the work of the historian and poet Amir Khusraw and seeks to show that Islam developed its own culture of tolerance rather than just import it from outside.
This book examines the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia. It explores developments through the work of the historian and poet Amir Khusr...
Focusing on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the "S h-r zag," a text worshipping Zoroastrian divine entities, this book explores the spiritual principles and physical realities associated with them.
Introducing the book is an overview of the structural, linguistic and historico-religious elements of the Avestan "S h-r zag." This overview, as well as reconstructing its approximate chronology, helps in understanding the original ritual function of the text and its relationship to the other Avestan texts.The book then studies the translation of the text in the Middle Persian language,...
Focusing on the Avestan and Pahlavi versions of the "S h-r zag," a text worshipping Zoroastrian divine entities, this book explores the spiritual p...