Canon Status
Canonical in Zoroastrianism. Not recognized by any other religious tradition.
Date & Provenance
Written in the 6th century, redacted in the 9th–10th centuries CE.
Language & Manuscripts
Middle Persian manuscripts. A Persian version from 1496 is known.
Why It Matters for Study
The most complete representative of the apocalyptic genre among Zoroastrian works belonging to late antiquity. Describes the calamities that will befall Iran and the ultimate triumph of good.
" And Ahura Mazda said to Zoroaster: I will tell you the things that will happen in the world." — Zand-i Wahman Yasn (paraphrase)
Read the Text & External Resources
Public-domain translations and scholarly databases where the text can be read online or downloaded.
- " And Ahura Mazda said to Zoroaster: I will tell you the things that will happen in the world." — Zand-i Wahman Yasn (paraphrase) " And Ahura Mazda said to Zoroaster: I will tell you the things that will happen in the world." — Zand-i Wahman Yasn (paraphrase)
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Further Reading
Cereti, C. G. The Zand ī Wahman Yasn: A Zoroastrian Apocalypse. Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1995.
Zand-i Wahman Yasn — Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zand-i_Wahman_Yasn|Background and scholarly discussion.
" And Ahura Mazda said to Zoroaster: I will tell you the things that will happen in the world." — Zand-i Wahman Yasn (paraphrase)