Čihrdād nask is one of the lost ''nask''s (books) of the
Avesta
The Avesta () is the primary collection of religious texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language.
The Avesta texts fall into several different categories, arranged either by dialect, or by usage. The principal text in the li ...
and survives only as a summary preserved in ''
Dēnkard'' 8.13.
In the summary, the text is said to have been a history of mankind from the beginning down to the revelation of
Zoroaster
Zoroaster,; fa, زرتشت, Zartosht, label= Modern Persian; ku, زەردەشت, Zerdeşt also known as Zarathustra,, . Also known as Zarathushtra Spitama, or Ashu Zarathushtra is regarded as the spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism. He is ...
,
and it was an important source for later works like the
Šāhnāmeh of
Ferdowsi.
References
External links
The Denkard's description of the Čihrdād nask
Zoroastrian texts
Lost documents
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