''The Dana-i Menog-i khrat'', (Persian:دانای مینوی خرد) or 'opinions of the spirit of wisdom', a
Middle Persian
Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle Per ...
book which was written about 8th century.
It comprises the replies of that spirit to sixty-two inquiries, or groups of inquiries, made by a certain wise man regarding various subjects connected with the
Zoroastrian
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religion. This treatise contains about 11,000 words, and was long known, like the
Shikand-gumanic Vichar
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(53), only through its Pazand version, prepared by a
Persian
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zoroastrian
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writer,
Neryosang in
middle age
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.
This book is translated to English by West in 1871. followed by a translation of the Pahlavi text in 1885.
Plot
The book contains the conversation between a wise man and the Spirit of Wisdom (Menog-i-Khrat), each on answers the other's questions in philosophical and religious matters.
See also
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Middle Persian
Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle Per ...
*
Zoroastrianism
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*
Middle Persian literature
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Further reading
* Kassock, Zeke J.V., (2013), ''Dadestan i Menog i Xrad: A Pahlavi Student's 2013 Guide'',
References and bibliography
References
:: https://web.archive.org/web/20180521073805/http://www.farvardyn.com/pahlavi4.php#54
External links
* www.avesta.com
* www.farvardyn.com
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