The Sacred Books of the East (PAHLAVI TEXTS, PART-I: THE BUNDAHIS, BAHMAN YAST AND SHAYASTLA-SHAYAST)

This work is volume V of the Sacred Books of the East series. This Volume contain The Bundahit, Bahman yast, and Shayast La-shayast. The term ' Pahlavi,' in its widest extent, is applied to all the varying forms of the mediaeval Persian language, from the time when the grammatical inflexions of ancient Persian were dropped, till the period when the modern alphabet was invented, and the language became corrupted into modern Persian by the adoption of numerous Arabic words and phrases. Some traces of Pahlavi words and phrases, written in old Semitic characters, have been found in the legends of coins struck by certain kings of Persian provinces, subordinate to the Greek successors of Alexander, as early as the third century B. C.