Paishiyauvada

Paishiyauvada was a Persian city during the Achaemenid era.

Zagros mountain range on the border of Persis and Elam

Paishiyauvada was `Home of the Archives and Sacred Writings`, probably of Pasargadae.

The name Paishiyauvada is from Old Persian paishiya- (writing) + -uvada (abode).

Behistun inscription

says: "Darius the King says: Afterwards, there was one man, a Magian, named Gaumata; he rose up from Paishiyauvada. A mountain named Arakadri -- from there 14 days of the month Viyakhna were past when he rose up. He lied to the people thus: "I am Smerdis, the son of Cyrus, brother of Cambyses."

Sources

Kent, R.G., Old Persian: Grammar, texts, lexicon, 2nd edn, New Haven 1953. p. 194.

External links

Paishiyâuvâdâ

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