Gartha - Gasaa

Japanese: 《ガーサー》 - がーさー
Gartha - Gasaa

…The only surviving piece of religious literature is the Zoroastrian holy book, the Avesta. It contains the Qasa (Psalms), written by Zoroaster himself, the oldest Iranian text, a complex verse that makes use of traditional Indo-European poetic techniques, which are shared with Homer's epics and the Rig Veda. There is no consensus on its date, with various theories ranging from the mid-2nd millennium BC to the 7th or 6th century BC.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Garther" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…宗教文学としては現存するのはゾロアスター教の聖典〈アベスター〉のみである。この聖典に含まれる,ゾロアスター自身の手になる《ガーサー》(〈詩編〉の意)は,イラン語最古の文献であり,ホメロスの叙事詩や《リグ・ベーダ》と共通するインド・ヨーロッパ語の伝統的詩的技法を駆使した難解な韻文である。その年代についてはなお定説が得られておらず,前2千年紀半ばころから前7~前6世紀にわたる諸説がある。…

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