Ebook: Learning Avesta Manual

Publisher: Navaz Publication
Date: 2004
Pages: 57We Zoroastnans are a community with a glorious past, an eminent present, one that we hope will dovetail into a brilliant future.
The destiny of our community has over the centuries made us adopt various languages, languages such as Avesta, Pahelvi, Gujaratj, English and others have all played a vital role in our success, our growth and our survival. Whilst English is presently the most commonly used language in the community we cannot afford to aiiow the other languages to wither.
Our scriptures and texts are becoming increasingly sought after as our community disperses itself very thinly over the globe, embarks on the exercise of taking root in foreign countries and at the same time firmly holding on to its glorious roots. This can be achieved only if our ancient languages are allowed to survive.
The effort undertaken by Mr. Bejon N. Desai resulted in the publication of his book "A Compendium for Learning Avesta" that has been well received by scholars as well as the laity in ail parts of the world. Mr. Bejon Desai's latest initiative is a corollary to his earlier publication in the name and form of A Manual for Learning Avesta". This manual will, I am sure, be very useful to many in their pursuits of keeping our glorious past alive, while living in the present and planning for the future

"This book is published with mixed feelings of happiness and grief I am happy, because as promised by me in my last book "A Compendium For Learning Avesta", I could publish this second part as a Manual or a work-book.
The Compendium was partly funded by my student emeritus Hafeez Contractor (most eminent architect of international repute today). This book was dedicated by Hafeez most respectfully to his loving parents Roshan and Late Sohrab. Roshan left this world some months back and therefore this book "A Manual For Learning Avesta" is most lovingly and respectfully dedicated by me to her ! do so with grief."