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Bundahishn

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The Bundahishn is a Middle Persian Zoroastrian work on creation, the world and its final renovation.

Modern chart of Indian Bundahishn 30: judgment, molten metal and the world’s purification; narrative sequence in West’s translation, not a manuscript or artifact
Modern chart of Indian Bundahishn 30: judgment, molten metal and the world’s purification; narrative sequence in West’s translation, not a manuscript or artifactIL Archive,2026 · CC0Image source

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The Bundahishn is a Middle Persian Zoroastrian work combining traditions about creation, the world’s structure and renewal. Iranian and Indian recensions survive through successive compilations. The Encyclopaedia Iranica study connects a late redaction with a setting around the ninth century CE, alongside older materials. Chapter 30 of the Indian recension, in the cited historical translation, describes resurrectionResurrection of the deadThe dead returning to life, distinguished from soul immortality, with differing scope and form among texts.Glossary · Click to read the explanation, judgment, molten metal and purification. A redaction date does not independently date every constituent tradition. [1] [2]

References and notes

  1. D. N. MacKenzie, Bundahišn, Encyclopaedia Iranica; manuscript overview and selected Authorship and compilation paragraphs. Return to the text ↑
  2. Indian Bundahishn 30:1–33; West’s historical translation,1880; complete specified chapter. Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 3 · 15 October 2026 · aladmin

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  2. Edition 2 · 15 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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