Dastur Peshotan Behramji Sanjana

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Dastur Peshotanji Behramji Sanjana (1828–26 December 1898) was an Indian scholar and Zoroastrian head-priest (Dastur). He was Principal of the Sir Jamshedji Jijibhoy Zartoshti (Zoroastrian) Madressa (seminary) in Bombay, and the Dastur (‘high-priest’) of the Wadia Atash Behram (fire temple). Sanjana was one of the most learned high-priests and authorities on Pahlavi of his time.[1] In 1904 a Festschrift was published in his honour with an introduction by Edward William West.[2]

Dastur Peshotanji Behramji Sanjana
Born1828
Died26 December 1898
ChildrenDarab Dastur Peshotan Sanjana
Scientific career
InstitutionsSir Jamshedji Jijibhoy Zartoshti Madressa, University of Mumbai

ReferencesEdit

  1. "SANJANA, Darab Dastur Peshotan – Encyclopaedia Iranica". iranicaonline.org.
  2. Avesta, Pahlavi, and Ancient Persian Studies In Honour of the Late Shams-Ul-Ulama Dastur Peshotanji Behramji Sanjana, Repressed Publishing, 2013 (1904)