Indo-Iranica. April 1953

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Knowing well the difficulties of mortal man in grasping the idea of the Unlimited owing to the limitations of our human mind the Prophet gave us the six Ameshd-Spenta (Holy Immortals) who are in part His "emanations" typifying the varied aspects of the Supreme. [...] Associated with Shushinak were six other deities of the first rank grouped in two triads"."' The parallels between Zoroastrian beliefs and those of Babylon and Egypt are fairly numerous and striking."' Especially striking is the represetation of the soul by the Egyptians in the form of a bird with wings and the scene of the Judgment after death in other world when the departed is weighed in t [...] 62 The Council of Nicaea and the consequent adoption of the Athana Creed by the Byzantine Christians led ultimately to the entire separation of the Church of Iran from that of Byzantium. [...] The whole of the early training of Shdpfir the Great was distinctly directed to the upholding of the powers of the aristocracy and the clergy. [...] The conditions at the time of the accession of Kawadh were very closely similar to those prevailing in France on the eve of the French Revolution or in Russia at the end of the First World War.

Title	Pages	Author/Editor
Cover	i-i	unknown	View
Frontmatter	i-iii	unknown	View
Main Currents of Pre-Islamic Iranian Thought	1-27	J.S. Taraporewal	View
Mahmud Gāwān And His Book Manāzir-Ul-Insha	28-36	Hasan Askari	View
Iranian Influence on Medieval Indian Mystics	37-43	Mohan Singh	View
The Union of the Eastern and the Western Culture	44-44	H.K. Iranschāhr	View
Der Heutige Verlauf Des Nowruzfestes Beim Iranischen Volk	45-46	H.K. Iranschāhr	View
Iran Society	47-48	unknown	View
Extracts from the Annual Report 1952	49-53	unknown	View
Presidential Address	54-56	Fr.v. Courtois	View
Book Reviews	57-59	Hira Chopra	View
News	60-67	Marine Daftary	View
Ourselves	68-xx	unknown	View
Backmatter	i-ii	unknown	View

Indo-Iranica. April 1953

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