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The significance of the New Year (nōgrōz)

    This short text describes two kinds of new year: 1. The first day of Fravardīn was the start of the “calculated” year consisting of 365 days and six hours and fraction of an hour; 2. The sixth day of Fravardīn was the start of the new year after the edict of Yima Xšaēta.
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    Edict of Husrav son of Kavād

      This Edict refers to a proclamation by Chosroes I (Anōšagruvān), according to which it is forbidden for any one, being son of a merchant or an artisan, to train for the dīvān and or the office of secretary in any part of Ērānšahr –while peasants could become scribes.
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      Some Sayings of Kavi Vīštāspa

        The present saying is attributed to Vīštāspa. Note that here, Zurvān ‘Time’ is described as drōzan (OPers. draujana-) ‘lying’. From the Codex TD 26 ...
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        A banquet of Anōšervān (Husrav son of Kavād)

          In the Šāhnāma (M 41), Firdōsī told the story of the seven banquets (bazm) of Anōšervān (Chosroes I) who gave a series of entertainments at which he bade the high priests and great men assemble at the palace with the sages, and asked about various subjects belonging to the wisdom-literature. In the Codex TD 26, we find another banquet of Anōšervān to the sages ...
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          The lost folio of the Memorial of Vazurgmihr

            It is fortunate that, it was found, in the codex TD 26, along with other fragments and texts, the folio that is missing in all manuscripts containing the treatise Āyādgār ī Vazurgmihr.
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            Vīrāzagān: The visionary journey of Vīrāza to heaven and hell

              Raham Asha, Vīrāzagān: The visionary journey of Vīrāza to heaven and hell, Editio Princeps of the Vīrāzagān with transcription of both the Vīrāzagān and the Ardā Vīrāzagān, Third published (second edition), Mumbai, K. R. Cama Oriental Institute.