Zoroastrian texts

The Gathas () are five hymns in the Avestan language from the Zoroastrian oral tradition of the Avesta. The oldest surviving text fragment dates from 1323 CE, but they are believed by scholars to have been composed before 1000 BCE and passed down orally for centuries. They are traditionally believed to have been composed by the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) himself. They form the core of the Zoroastrian liturgy (the Yasna). They are arranged in five different modes or metres.

Yasna (; ) is the Avestan name of both a text within the Avesta collection and of the Yasna liturgy, Zoroastrianism's principal act of worship.

The Bundahishn (Middle Persian: , "Primal Creation") is an encyclopedic collection of beliefs about Zoroastrian cosmology written in the Book Pahlavi script. The original name of the work is not known. It is one of the most important extant witnesses to Zoroastrian literature in the Middle Persian language. Most of the chapters of the compendium date to the 8th and 9th centuries CE.

The Vendidad /ˈvendi'dæd/, also known as Videvdad or Juddevdad, is the only volume of the Sasanian Avesta to be still present in the extant Avesta collection. It is assumed that its use within the Videvdad liturgy guaranteed its survival to this day.

Yasht (, ) is a Middle Persian term for sacrifice or worhship. The term commonly applies to the collection of 21 Yashts, although it may also refer to other texts within the wider Avesta collection.

Zoroastrian religious text of the Sasanian era Middle Persian, that describes the dream-journey of the devout Wīrāz through the next world (influences, not fully demonstrated, transmitted through Islam, may have been exerted on Dante’s Divine Comedy)

The Dēnkard or Dēnkart (Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭩𐭭𐭪𐭠𐭫𐭲 "Acts of Religion") is a 10th-century compendium of Zoroastrian beliefs and customs during the time. The Denkard has been called an "Encyclopedia of Mazdaism" and is a valuable source of Zoroastrian literature especially during its Middle Persian iteration. The Denkard is not considered a sacred text by a majority of Zoroastrians, but is still considered worthy of study.

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Zend or Zand () is a Zoroastrian term for Middle Persian or Pahlavi versions and commentaries of Avestan texts. These translations were produced in the late Sasanian period.

9th-century Middle Persian work

epic poem about early Zoroastrians

written works composed in Middle Persian

Zoroastrian text

historical Zoroastrian text

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Middle Persian letter on Ardashir I's reign, purportedly written by Tansar in the 3rd century

Medieval Zoroastrian apocalyptical text in Middle Persian

Zoroastrian theology book of 9th century Iran