Dastur Peshotan Behramji Sanjana Explained

Dastur Peshutan Behramji Sanjana
Birth Date:1828
Death Date:26 December 1898
Workplaces:Sir Jamshedji Jijibhoy Zartoshti Madressa, University of Mumbai
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Dastur Peshutan 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]

Notes and References

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