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  • The Nineteenth-Century Popularization of the Desatir | Theosophists, Ishraqis, and Zoroastrianism

    The Nineteenth-Century Popularization of the Desatir | Theosophists, Ishraqis, and Zoroastrianism

    The Desatir or Dasātīr (Per. دساتیر lit. “Ordinances”), also known as Dasatir-i-Asmani is a collection of writings now generally taken to be a literary forgery written in an invented or artificial language. It contains elements from Indian and Iranian dialects, as well as Persian grammar. It is recommended in “The Secret Doctrine Reference Series,” where…