Verse:Irta/Knench/Religion

Main difference from OTL: Ashokan missionaries get to Carthage, whose lect of Canaanite also somewhat differs from OTL

Pre-Middle-Knench religion

A Buddhism-influenced offshoot of Punic religion that among other things condemns both human and animal sacrifice; poorly attested because of Christian suppression, but evidence survives in Latin and Greek texts

It is forbidden to overexploit sacred groves (2šrym/2ašērīm, 2šr/2ōšēr is collectivized from 2šrt/2ašērō)

(The name of the religion should be whatever the best translation of "dharma" is in Ancient Canaanite; 𐤃𐤓𐤊 𐤄𐤄𐤃𐤉𐤒𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤁𐤋 𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤕 drk hhdyqwt wbl hhwnyt "Way of Piety and Nonviolence"? hadīqūt is a loan translation from Greek eusébeia)

In translation, a Hadīqūt teacher is described as teaching as follows: "The Way of Piety is justice and righteousness; lovingkindness towards every soul and refraining from violence towards any of them; and steadfast devotion to the study and practice of Piety."

Middle Knench religion

Middle Knench Christian Bible translation codifies the modern Literary Knench register

Modern Knench religion

Hirom ven-Henni revives and reconstructs Hadīqūt; he translates many Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain texts into Knench