Maharashtra HSC Avesta-Pahlavi (MSBSHSE) case studies
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The Maharashtra HSC Avesta-Pahlavi paper is a State Board (MSBSHSE) subject offered within the Std XII Arts stream, typically taken by students at schools that teach Parsi religious and linguistic studies. It suits candidates who want a formal, board-certified grounding in two classical Iranian languages and the Zoroastrian literature written in them, whether as a school subject, as preparation for further study in Iranian philology or comparative religion, or as personal enrichment within the community. The Maharashtra HSC Avesta-Pahlavi (MSBSHSE) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,131 words.
1Collating a Nasalized Vowel in an Ahunavaiti Gatha Stanza
During a manuscript collation workshop, a student is preparing a school edition of one stanza from the Ahunavaiti Gatha. Two nineteenth-century paper copies agree on almost every letter, but they diverge at a single word: copy A gives the sequence transliterated aŋhąm, while copy B gives aŋhə̄m.
439 words, about 2 min2Separating Gathic Verse from Later Ritual Prose
A religious school in Pune is preparing a forty-page booklet for a Gatha recitation evening. The teacher has typed a passage that begins with three lines in a repeated syllabic pattern and alliteration typical of a Gathic hymn; the lines contain Old Avestan endings such as -biiō and a nasalized -ąm.
422 words, about 2 min3Reading an Ambiguous Pahlavi Colophon
A student is transcribing a short Pahlavi colophon in transliteration. The line reads: pad dād ī ohrmazd nibēšt.
408 words, about 2 min4Literal and Ethical Glosses in a Pahlavi Yasna Passage
A student is preparing a school translation of a Pahlavi Yasna passage. The Avestan text contains an adjective describing a righteous person.
421 words, about 2 min5Navjote Date in a Divided Calendar
A Parsi family in a diaspora city wants to arrange a Navjote for a nine-year-old boy. The only available priest follows the Shahenshahi calendar, while the boy's grandmother and several relatives follow the Kadimi calendar.
441 words, about 2 min