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Vendidad
Sign in to saveThe 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.
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- Zoroastrianism
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- Geldner Avesta III page 1.png
- Religious text.language
- Avestan
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- First page of the Vendidad in Geldner's edition
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- 22 fragards
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15 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Manuscripts
- Content
- Editions and translations
- Value of the Vendidad among Zoroastrians
- Liturgical use
- Yasht i Visperad abag Videvdad
- Videvdad Sade
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
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.
==Name== In the sources, the text is variously referred to as Vendidad, Videvdad or Juddewdad. All these forms are assumed to derive from Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬋𐬛𐬁𐬙𐬀, (vī-daēvō-dāta). Whereas Juddewdad is the Middle Persian translation, Videvdad and Vendidad are seen as Middle Persian renderings of the Avestan original. In the scholarly literature, a wide range of transliterations can be found for these various forms. Examples include Vendīdād, Vīdēvdād, Vidēvdād or Wīdēwdād.