Hamidreza Dalvand
Abstract
The Yazdgerdi calendar is one of the ancient monuments of the Iranian intangible heritage that has maintained its function both in the economic and scientific area of the Islamic world and in the religious domain of the Zoroastrian world. and every times, based ...
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The Yazdgerdi calendar is one of the ancient monuments of the Iranian intangible heritage that has maintained its function both in the economic and scientific area of the Islamic world and in the religious domain of the Zoroastrian world. and every times, based on the needs of users, it has changed. Each reform had its own consequences and had a special impact on the user community. For example, Moʽtazedi's reforms took the economic function of the Yazdgerdi calendar. And according to the place of the five days of andargāh in end of Aban or Espand, the reforms of the year 375 divided Zoroastrian society into two parts, the eastern and western parts. Or, the emergence of the Jalali calendar and Malekshah's reforms in the fifth century AH removed Iranian calendar from Zoroastrian society. One possible reform is the leap of year 500 in the Yazdgerdi calendar and within the legacy of Zoroastrianism. What we read in this essay is about that event and its aftermath have affected the Zoroastrian world to the present day. In the 18th and 19th centuries, this reform divided the Zoroastrian community of India into two parts.
Hamidreza Dalvand
Abstract
Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest religions in the world that its documents are scattered in most ancient languages and ancient civilizations. Now, we hear the echoes of its voice over the course of history so that it can be traced in all lands and cultures. From Far East to Middle East and Europe ...
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Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest religions in the world that its documents are scattered in most ancient languages and ancient civilizations. Now, we hear the echoes of its voice over the course of history so that it can be traced in all lands and cultures. From Far East to Middle East and Europe and America, Zoroastrian texts are kept in well known libraries, as human heritage. Meanwhile, India has a special situation. Aside from the links of the Vedic and Gathas age, India welcomed the Iranian Zoroastrian immigrants in the days after the Sassanid reign. Thus, a large part of the cultural documents of Iran were transferred to India during the last millennium. Investigating and introducing these documents has an important role in clarifying the dark angles of the history of Zoroastrianism. In this paper, the importance of one of these documents is expressed: The Adharu Kersasp's verse which well shows that how Parsi Calendar sects were formed at the end of the yazdgirdi 12th century
