CHAPTER

INTRODUCTION.

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I.

THE DISCOVERY OF THE ZEND-AVESTA

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II.

THE INTERPRETATION OF THE ZEND-AVESTA

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III.

THE FORMATION OF THE ZEND-AVESTA

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IV.

THE ORIGIN OF THE AVESTA RELIGION

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V.

THE VENDÎDÂD

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TRANSLATION OF THE VENDÎDÂD.

FARGARD I.

AN ENUMERATION OF SIXTEEN LANDS CREATED BY AHURA MAZDA, AND OF AS MANY PLAGUES CREATED IN OPPOSITION BY ANGRA MAINYU

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FARGARD II.

MYTHS OF YIMA

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FARGARD III.

THE EARTH

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I (1-6).

The five places where the Earth feels most joy

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II (7-11).

The five places where the Earth feels most sorrow

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III (12-35).

The five things which most rejoice the Earth

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IV (36-42).

Corpses ought not to be buried in the Earth

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FARGARD IV.

CONTRACTS AND OUTRAGES

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I (1)

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II a (2).

Classification of contracts

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II b (3-4).

Damages for breach of contract

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II c (5-10).

Kinsmen responsible

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II d (11-16).

Penalties for breach of Contract

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III (17-55).

Outrages

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(18).

Definitions

39

(18-21).

Menaces

39

(22-25).

Assaults

40

(26-29).

Blows

41

(30-33).

Wounds

42

(34-36).

Wounds causing blood to flow

42

(37-39).

Broken bones

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(40-43).

Manslaughter

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(44-45).

Contracts

45

(46, 49 [bis]-55).

False oaths

45

(47-49).

Praise of physical weal

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FARGARD V

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I (1-7).

If a man defile the fire or the earth involuntarily, or unconsciously, it is no sin

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II (8-9).

Water and fire do not kill

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III (10-14)

Disposal of the dead during winter

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IV (15-20).

How the Dakhmas are cleansed by water from the heavens

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V (21-26).

On the excellence of purity and of the law that shows how to recover it, when lost

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VI (27-38).

On the defiling power of the Nasu being greater or less, according to the greater or less dignity of the being that dies

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VII (39-44).

On the management of sacrificial implements defiled by the dead

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VIII (45-62).

On the treatment of a woman who has been delivered of a still-born child and what is to be done with her clothes

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FARGARD VI.

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I (1-9).

How long the earth remains unclean, when defiled by the dead

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II (10-25).

Penalties for defiling the ground with dead matter

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III (26-41).

Purification of the different sorts of water, when defiled by the dead

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IV (42-43).

Purification of the Haoma

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V (44-51).

The place for corpses; the Dakhmas

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FARGARD VII.

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I (1-5).

How long after death the Nasu falls upon the dead

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II (6-9).

How far the defiling power of the Nasu extends

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III (10-22).

Cleansing of clothes defiled by the dead

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IV (23-24).

Eating of corpses an abomination

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V (25-27).

Bringing corpses to fire or water an abomination

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VI (28-35).

Cleansing of wood and corn defiled by the dead

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VII a (36-40).

Physicians; their probation

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VII b (41-44).

Their fees

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VIII (45-49).

Purification of the earth, of the Dakhmas. The Dakhmas and the Daêvas

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IX (60-72).

Treatment of a woman who has brought forth a still-born child

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X (73-75).

Cleansing of vessels defiled by the dead

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XI (76).

Cleansing of the cow

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XII (77).

Unclean libations

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FARGARD VIII

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I (1-3).

Purification of the house where a man has died

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II (4-13).

Funerals

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III (14-22).

Purification of the ways along which the corpse has been carried

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IV (23-25).

No clothes to be wasted on a corpse

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V (26-32).

Unlawful lusts

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VI (33-34).

A corpse when dried up does not contaminate

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VII (35-72).

Purification of the man defiled by the dead

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VIII (73-80).

Purification of the fire defiled by the dead

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IX (81-96).

The Bahrâm fire

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X (97-107).

Purification in the wilderness

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FARGARD IX.

THE NINE NIGHTS’ BARASHNÛM

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I a (1-11).

Description of the place for cleansing the unclean (the Barashnûm-gâh)

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I b (12-36).

Description of the cleansing

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II (37-44).

Fees of the cleanser

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III (47-57).

The false cleanser; his punishment

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FARGARD X.

SPELLS RECITED DURING THE PROCESS OF THE CLEANSING

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FARGARD XI.

SPECIAL SPELLS FOR THE CLEANSING OF THE SEVERAL OBJECTS

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FARGARD XII.

THE UPAMAN: HOW LONG IT LASTS FOR DIFFERENT RELATIVES

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FARGARD XIII.

THE DOG

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I (1-7).

The dog of Ormazd and the dog of Ahriman

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I a (1-4).

The dog Vanghâpara (the hedge-hog)

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I b (5-77).

The dog Zairimyangura (the tortoise)

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II (8-16).

Offences against the dog

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III (17-19).

On the several duties of the dog

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IV (20-28).

On the food due to the dog

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V (29-38).

On the mad dog; how he is to be kept, and cured

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VI (39-40).

On the excellence of the dog

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VII (41-43).

On the wolf-dog

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VIII (44-48).

On the virtues and vices of the dog

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IX (49-50).

Praise of the dog

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X (50-54).

The water dog

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FARGARD XIV.

THE ATONEMENT FOR THE MURDER OF A WATER DOG

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FARGARD XV.

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I (1-8).

On five sins the commission of which makes the sinner a Peshôtanu

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II (9-19).

On unlawful unions and attempts to procure abortion

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III (20-45).

On the treatment of a bitch big with young

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IV (46-51).

On the breeding of dogs

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FARGARD XVI.

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I (1-11).

On the uncleanness of women during their sickness

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II (11-12).

How it can be removed

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III (13-18).

Sundry laws relating to the same matter

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FARGARD XVII.

HAIR AND NAILS

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FARGARD XVIII.

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I (1-13).

On the unworthy priest and enticers to heresy

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II (14-29).

The holiness of the cock

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III (30-60).

The four paramours of the Drug

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IV (61-71).

On unlawful lusts

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FARGARD XIX.

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I (1-10).

Angra Mainyu attempts first to kill, then to seduce Zarathustra

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II (11-42).

Ahura Mazda reveals the law to Zarathustra

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III (43-47).

Angra Mainyu flees down to hell

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FARGARD XX.

THRITA AND THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE

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FARGARD XXI.

WATERS AND LIGHT

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I (1).

Praise of the holy bull

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II (2-3).

Invocation addressed to hail as a healing power

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III a (4-7).

Joint invocation addressed to the waters and to the light of the sun

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III b (8-11).

Joint invocation addressed to the waters and to the light of the moon

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III c (12-17).

Joint invocation addressed to the waters and to the light of the stars

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IV (18-21).

Spells against disease

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FARGARD XXII.

ANGRA MAINYU CREATES 99,999 DISEASES: AHURA MAZDA APPLIES FOR HEALING TO THE HOLY WORD AND TO AIRYAMAN

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Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translation of the Sacred Books of the East

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