Maharashtra SSC Avesta L2/L3 (MSBSHSE) study guide
Maharashtra SSC Avesta L2/L3 (MSBSHSE) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
हा पृष्ठ महाराष्ट्र राज्य माध्यमिक व उच्च माध्यमिक शिक्षण मंडळ, पुणे (MSBSHSE) यांच्या अवेस्ता विषयाच्या एसएससी स्तर २/स्तर ३ परीक्षेची तयारी करणाऱ्या विद्यार्थ्यांसाठी आहे. कृपया लक्षात घ्या की हे पृष्ठ कोणत्याही अधिकृत संस्थेशी संलग्न नाही; अधिकृत माहितीसाठी MSBSHSE च्या संकेतस्थळाला भेट द्या. The Maharashtra SSC Avesta L2/L3 (MSBSHSE) study guide has 4 sections and about 1,448 words.
01Avesta language - script and reading (Avestan script, transliteration)
The script-and-reading domain tests three things: recognising Avestan letters on the page, converting a word into accepted transliteration, and reading a short prayer with correct vowel length. The Avestan alphabet was created in the Sasanian period (roughly the 4th–6th centuries CE) to fix an oral liturgy in writing.
383 words, about 2 min02Avesta language - grammar and vocabulary
The grammar-and-vocabulary domain asks for parsing (case, number, gender, person, tense, mood, voice) and for reliable glosses of high-frequency words. Avestan is an Old Iranian language, closely related to Old Persian and to Vedic Sanskrit, and like them it is heavily inflected.
337 words, about 2 min03Avesta texts - comprehension and translation
The comprehension-and-translation domain gives you a short Avestan passage - a Gathic stanza, a Yašt verse or a prayer - and asks for a working translation, plus questions on where that passage sits in the corpus. Its 17 Gathas stand in five groups: Ahunavaiti (Y.
347 words, about 2 min04Zoroastrian religious and cultural context of the Avesta
The context domain tests the religion behind the words: who the deities are, how the ritual works, how the texts were transmitted, and what a passage meant to its community. Ahura Mazdā, "the Wise Lord", heads a heptad with the six Amesha Spentas: Vohu Manah (good mind), Aša Vahišta (best truth), Xšaθra Vairya (desirable dominion), Spənta Ārmaiti (bounteous devotion), Haurvatāt (wholeness) and Amərətāt (immortality).
381 words, about 2 min