Pehlevi
Americannoun
noun
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Lane considered that the one hundred and fifteen stories, which are common to all manuscripts, are based on the Pehlevi original.
From A Study of Fairy Tales by Kready, Laura F.
It is true there is an early translation of the Zend-Avesta, the Pehlevi translation, and a later one in Sanskrit by Neriosengh.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
It was, in fact, a French translation of a Persian rendering of a Pehlevi version of the Zend original.
From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
In the latest period of the dominion of the Sassanids, the recent Middle Persian or Parsee took the place of Pehlevi.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
Hence Pehlevi was in reality a secret mode of writing, intended exclusively for the learned, i. e. for the priests.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
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