THE ZEND-AVESTA

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INTRODUCTION

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Chapter I 

THE DISCOVERY OF THE ZEND-AVESTA

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Chapter II

THE INTERPRETATION OF THE ZEND-AVESTA

xxv

Chapter III

THE FORMATION OF THE ZEND-AVESTA

xxx

Chapter IV

THE ORIGIN OF THE AVESTA RELIGION

lvi

Chapter V

THE VENDÎDÂD

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TRANSLATION OF THE VENDIDAD.

FARGARD I.

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

1

FARGARD II.

MYTHS OF YIMA

10

FARGARD III.

THE EARTH

21

    I (1-6).

The five places where the Earth feels most joy

22

    II (7-11).

The five places where the Earth feels most sorrow

24

    III (12-35).

The five things which most rejoice the Earth

25

    IV (36-42).

Corpses ought not to be buried in the Earth

31

FARGARD IV.

CONTRACTS AND OUTRAGES

33

    I (1)

34

    II a (2).

Classification of contracts

34

    II b (3-4).

Damages for breach of contract

35

    II c (5-10).

Kinsmen responsible

36

    II d (11-16).

Penalties for breach of Contract

37

    III (17-55).

Outrages

39

       (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

43

       (40-43).

Manslaughter

44

       (44-45).

Contracts

45

       (46, 49 [bis]-55).

False oaths

45

       (47-49).

Praise of physical weal

46

{p. viii}

FARGARD V

48

    I (1-7).

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

49

    II (8-9).

Water and fire do not kill

50

    III (10-14)

Disposal of the dead during winter

51

    IV (15-20).

How the Dakhmas are cleansed by water from the heavens

53

    V (21-26).

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

55

    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

57

    VII (39-44).

On the management of sacrificial implements defiled by the dead

60

    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

61

FARGARD VI.

66

    I (1-9).

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

66

    II (10-25).

Penalties for defiling the ground with dead matter

67

    III (26-41).

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

69

    IV (42-43).

Purification of the Haoma

72

    V (44-51).

The place for corpses; the Dakhmas

74

FARGARD VII.

74

    I (1-5).

How long after death the Nasu falls upon the dead

74

    II (6-9).

How far the defiling power of the Nasu extends

76

    III (10-22).

Cleansing of clothes defiled by the dead

77

    IV (23-24).

Eating of corpses an abomination

79

    V (25-27).

Bringing corpses to fire or water an abomination

80

    VI (28-35).

Cleansing of wood and corn defiled by the dead

81

    VII a (36-40).

Physicians; their probation

83

    VII b (41-44).

Their fees

84

    VIII (45-49).

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

86

    IX (60-72).

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

89

    X (73-75).

Cleansing of vessels defiled by the dead

911

    XI (76).

Cleansing of the cow

92

    XII (77).

Unclean libations

92

{p. ix}

FARGARD VIII

93

    I (1-3).

Purification of the house where a man has died

93

    II (4-13).

Funerals

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    III (14-22).

Purification of the ways along which the corpse has been carried

97

    IV (23-25).

No clothes to be wasted on a corpse

99

    V (26-32).

Unlawful lusts

100

    VI (33-34).

A corpse when dried up does not contaminate

103

    VII (35-72).

Purification of the man defiled by the dead

103

    VIII (73-80).

Purification of the fire defiled by the dead

110

    IX (81-96).

The Bahrâm fire

112

    X (97-107).

Purification in the wilderness

116

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)

119

    I b (12-36).

Description of the cleansing

122

    II (37-44).

Fees of the cleanser

129

    III (47-57).

The false cleanser; his punishment

131

FARGARD X.

SPELLS RECITED DURING THE PROCESS OF THE CLEANSING

138

FARGARD XI.

SPECIAL SPELLS FOR THE CLEANSING OF THE SEVERAL OBJECTS

144

FARGARD XII.

THE UPAMAN: HOW LONG IT LASTS FOR DIFFERENT RELATIVES

151

FARGARD XIII.

THE DOG

152

    I (1-7).

The dog of Ormazd and the dog of Ahriman

152

    I a (1-4).

The dog Vanghâpara (the hedge-hog)

152

    I b (5-77).

The dog Zairimyangura (the tortoise)

153

    II (8-16).

Offences against the dog

153

    III (17-19).

On the several duties of the dog

156

    IV (20-28).

On the food due to the dog

156

    V (29-38).

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

159

    VI (39-40).

On the excellence of the dog

160

    VII (41-43).

On the wolf-dog

161

    VIII (44-48).

On the virtues and vices of the dog

161

    IX (49-50).

Praise of the dog

163

    X (50-54).

The water dog

163

FARGARD XIV.

THE ATONEMENT FOR THE MURDER OF A WATER DOG

165

FARGARD XV.

172

    I (1-8).

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

172

{p. x}

    II (9-19).

On unlawful unions and attempts to procure abortion

174

    III (20-45).

On the treatment of a bitch big with young

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    IV (46-51).

On the breeding of dogs

180

FARGARD XVI.

181

    I (1-11).

On the uncleanness of women during their sickness

181

    II (11-12).

How it can be removed

183

    III (13-18).

Sundry laws relating to the same matter

184

FARGARD XVII.

HAIR AND NAILS

185

FARGARD XVIII.

189

    I (1-13).

On the unworthy priest and enticers to heresy

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    II (14-29).

The holiness of the cock

192

    III (30-60).

The four paramours of the Drug

196

    IV (61-71).

On unlawful lusts

200

FARGARD XIX.

219

    I (1-10).

Angra Mainyu attempts first to kill, then to seduce Zarathustra

217

    II (11-42).

Ahura Mazda reveals the law to Zarathustra

207

    III (43-47).

Angra Mainyu flees down to hell

217

FARGARD XX.

THRITA AND THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE

219

FARGARD XXI.

WATERS AND LIGHT

223

    I (1).

Praise of the holy bull

224

    II (2-3).

Invocation addressed to hail as a healing power

225

    III a (4-7).

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

226

    III b (8-11).

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

227

    III c (12-17).

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

228

    IV (18-21).

Spells against disease

229