Firoze M Kotwal

Biographic Data

ID711048
NAMEFiroze M Kotwal
GIVEN NAMESFiroze M
FAMILY NAMEKotwal
SIGNATUREKOTWAL F M
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1971
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
H-INDEX2

  • Praise and Piety: Niya ̄yišns and Yašts in the History of Zoroastrian Praxis

    Open AccessJamsheed K Choksy, Firoze M KotwalARTICLEBulletin of the School of…2005

    scripture has ritual uses aimed at giving religion meaning in daily life. in zoroastrianism, the niya ̄yišns, 'invocations of praise', and the yašts, 'devotional poems' have played fundamental roles in connecting doctrine and theology to praxis and conviction whereby faith and rites have been transmitted and augmented across many generations. this article discusses some of the contents and traditions of each niya ̄yišn and yašt plus the functions…

  • Select Ritual Aspects of the Gathas and Their Continuity in Later Tradition

    Firoze M KotwalARTICLEIran and the Caucasus1999

    I would like to begin my article with an invocation in prophet Zarathushtra's own words: At ta vakhshya ishento ya Mazdatha hyatchit vidushe, staotacha Ahurai yesnyacha vangheush manangho, humazdra asha yecha ya raochebish daresata urvaza 0, desiring ones, I shall now speak of (these) things which are to be kept in mind by the knowing one: Praise for Ahura, the Yasna and the beneficent Holy Word of the Good Mind through Righteousness, I consider …

  • Ērbadistān ud Nīrangistān. Facsimile Edition of the Manuscript TD

    J R Russell, Jimmy Russell et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1986

  • Worship in a Zoroastrian fire temple

    J Boyd, James W Boyd et al.ARTICLEIndo-Iranian Journal1983Cited by: 2

  • Worship in a Zoroastrian fire temple: The H. B. Wadia ?ta? Bahr?m

    Open AccessJ Boyd, James W Boyd et al.ARTICLEIndo-Iranian Journal1983

    Pratiques religieuses de la communaute Parsi en Inde. Histoire et description de l'un de leurs temples les plus importants (Bombay)| rites individuels, seculiers et collectifs| detail des ceremonies qui ont entoure le 151 anniversaire de l'installation du feu sacre

  • Some observations on the history of the Parsi Dar-i Mihrs

    Open AccessFiroze M KotwalARTICLEBulletin of the School of…1974

    Within a few years of their landing at Sanjan in Gujarat, in A.C. 916, the Parsis established a great sacred fire there, an Ātaš Bahrām. This was a costly and laborious undertaking, which must have taxed the resources of the small new colony to the utmost. One of the most exacting tasks was to fetch by land from Iran ash from an old Ātaš Bahrām, to be used in the preparatory rituals. Through this the Ātaš Bahrām of the Parsis acquired a physical …

  • Zoroastrian baj and drōn-II

    Open AccessMary Boyce, Firoze Kotwal et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the School of…1971Cited by: 1

    In the first part of this study 'framing' bāj have been considered in connexion with religious rituals celebrated in the fire-temples, and with acts for achieving or maintaining ritual purity, mostly by pāw-mahal priests. Here it is proposed to consider such bāj as are needed and used in daily life

  • Zoroastrian bāj and drōn-l

    Open AccessMary Boyce, Firoze Kotwal et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the School of…1971Cited by: 5References: 2

    The word bāj (older wāj) has been an important part of Zoroastrian religious vocabulary from at least Sasanian times; and the act of 'taking the bāj 'is so general and significant that in a Jewish-Persian text the Zoroastrians are distinguished thereby from those of other faiths: gabragān abā bāj-stānš ān 'the Zoroastrians with their taking the bāj '.1 Down the centuries the word has acquired additional meanings; but the range of its usages in ol…