English Explanatory Dictionary

Bundahishn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An encyclopaedic collection of Zoroastrian cosmogony and cosmology; especially, the longer of the two recessions of the work.

Word forms

Bundahishn

Etymology

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬠𐬎𐬥𐬛𐬀𐬵𐬌𐬱𐬥𐬍𐬵 (bundahišnīh, literally “primal creation”), being a word from the first sentence of the younger (and longer) of the two recensions of the work.

Derived words

Greater Bundahishn Indian Bundahishn Iranian Bundahishn Lesser Bundahishn
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