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111 Av. Maidhyé6-maungha of Yas. L, 19, Fravardin Yt. 95, 106. He is said to have been Zaratfist’s first disciple. 142 BUNDAHIS. worship! azd expounded in Atran-vég, and Médyékm4h received the religion from him. 4. The Mobads? of P&rs are all ¢vaced back to this race of M4ndséihar. 5. Again, I say, by Zaratist* weve begotten three sons and three daughters‘; one son was IsadvAstar °, one Adrvatad-nar*, and one Khirshéd-séthar’; as IsadvAstar was chief of the priests he became the Mébad of Mébads, azd passed away in the hundredth year of the religion; Adrvatad-nar was an agriculturist, avd the chief of the enclosure formed by Yim®, which is below the earth; Khfrshéd-&thar was a warrior, commander of the army of Péshyétant, son of Vistasp, and dwells in Kangdez®; and of the three daughters the name of one was Frén, of one Srtt, and of one Péruftst®. 6. Adrvatad-nar and Kharshéa-Athar were from a serving (kakar) wife’, the rest were from a privileged (padakhshah) wife. ' Reading frag yast; but it may be frag gast, ‘wandered forth.’ ® The class of priests whose special duty is to perform all religious rites and ceremonies, 5 This paragraph is quoted, with a few alterations, in the Vagarkard-i Dintk, pp. 21-23. * K2o omits the ‘three daughters’ here, by mistake. 5 Av. Isad-vastra of Yas. XXIII, 4, XXVI, 17, Fravardin Yt. 98. * Av. Urvatad-nara of Vend. II, 143, Fravardin Yt. 98. Kao and M6 have Afirvartad-nar, and TD has Afirvatad-nar. 7 Av. Hvare-Aithra of Fravardin Yt. 98; TD has Khfr-éthar. ® See Chap. XXIX, 5. Windischmann and Justi consider the clause about Péshydtanfi as inserted by mistake, and it is omitted in the Vagarkard-i Dintk (p. 21); it is found, however, in all MSS. of the Bundahis. ® These daughters are the Av. Freni, Thriti, and Pouru-Aista of Fravardin Yt. 139; the last is also mentioned in Yas. LII, 3. 1° The following is a summary of the Persian descriptions of the five kinds of marriage, as given in the Riv4yats :— A p&dsh4h (‘ ruling, or privileged’) wife is when a man marries, CHAPTER XXXII, 4—7. 143 71. By Isadv4star was begotten a son whose name was Ururviga?, and they call him Arang-i Biraé@4n® (‘fore-arm of brothers’) for this reason, that, as they with the parents’ consent, an unbetrothed maiden out of a family, and she and her children remain his in both worlds. A yfikan or ayfik (‘ only child’) wife is an only child, married with the parents’ consent, and her first child belongs to them; after its birth she becomes a pAdsh&h wife. She is entitled to onethird of her parents’ property for giving up the child. A satar (‘adopted’) wife is when a man over fifteen years of age dies childless and unmarried, and his relatives provide a maiden with a dowry, and marry her to another man; when half her children belong to the dead man, and half to the living, and she herself is the dead man’s wife in the other world.
2A akar or 4akar (‘serving’) wife is a widow who marries again ; if she had no children by her first husband she is acting as a satar wife, and half her children by her second husband belong to her first one; and she herself, in any case, belongs to her first husband in the other world. A khftd-sarff or khfd-sar&f (‘self-disposing ’) wife is one who marries without her parents’ consent ; she inherits no property from her parents until her eldest son has given her as a padsh&h wife to his father. 1 Instead of this sentence the Vagarkard-i Dinfk (pp. 21, 22) has the following, which appears to rest upon a misinterpretation of the text :— ‘And Zaratttst the righteous had three wives; all three were in the lifetime of ZaratOst, and all three wives were living throughout the lifetime of ZaratQst; the name of one was Hvév, of the second Urvig, of the third Arnig-bareda. And from Urvig, who was a privileged wife, four children were born; one was the son IsadvAstar, and the three daughters, namely, Frén, Sritak, and Pérusist ; these four were from Urvig. And from the wife Arnig-bared4 two sons were born, one Afirvart-nar, and the second Khfrshéd-Athar ; and Arnig-bared4 was a serving wife, and the name of the former husband of Arnig-bared4 was Mitré-ay4r. And from Hvév, who was a privileged wife, were three sons, namely, Hfshédar, Hfshédar-m4h, and Sésh4ns, as it says,’ &c. (as in § 8). 3 TD has Pahl. Afrvarvigak or Khfrfrfipak. 5 So in TD. 144 BUNDAHIS. were from a serving wife, she then delivered them over to Isadvastar through adoption. 8. This, too, one knows, that three sons of Zaratfst, namely, Hashédar, Hfshédar-méh!, and Sdéshyans*, were from Hvév; as it says, that ZaratQst went near unto Hvév three times, avd each time the seed went to the ground; the angel Nérydésang* received the brilliance and strength of that seed, delivered 2¢ with care to the angel Andhid®, and in time will blend z¢ with a mother. 9. Nine thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-nine, and nine myriads* of the guardian spirits of the righteous are intrusted with z¢s protection, so that the demons may not injure 2¢7, 10. The name of the mother of Zaratist was Dughda *, avd the name of the father of the mother of Zaratist was Frahimravé °. 1 Av. Ukhshyad-ereta and Ukhshyad-nemangh of Fravardin Yt. 128. 2 Av. Saoshyas of Vend. XIX, 18, Fravardin Yt. 129, &c. See Chaps. XI, 6, XXIX, 6, XXX, 3, 4, 7, 17, 25, 27- ® Av. Hvdvi of Fravardin Yt. 139, Din Yt. 15; the Pahlavi form of the name, as given once in TD, is Hivaébé. * See Chap. XV, 1. 5 Ay. andhita of Aban Yt. 1, &c.; a female personification of ‘unsullied’ water, known generally by the epithet ardvf sfra (the Arédvivstr of Chap. XIII), and whose name is also applied to the planet Venus (see Chap. V, 1). * So in M6; other MSS. have ‘9,999 myriads,’ but see Fravardin Yt. 62. 7 This last phrase, about the demons, is omitted in TD and the Vagarkard-i Dintk. ® The Avesta word for ‘ daughter.’
3XIII), and whose name is also applied to the planet Venus (see Chap. V, 1). * So in M6; other MSS. have ‘9,999 myriads,’ but see Fravardin Yt. 62. 7 This last phrase, about the demons, is omitted in TD and the Vagarkard-i Dintk. ® The Avesta word for ‘ daughter.’ ° TD has Paz. Feredhimruvana. CHAPTER XXXII, 8—XxXXIII, 3. 145 (CuaPTeR XXXIII4 o. The family of the Mébads (‘ priests’). 1. Bahak? was son of Hfbakht, son of Atarébéndak, sow of Mahdad, son of Méadydk-méh, sox of Frah-vakhsh-vind4d, son of Médydk-mdh, son of Kad‘, son of Médydk-mah, son of ArAstth, son of Paitirasp’. 2. As Bahak was Mébad of Mébads (high-priest) unto Shahpdhar*, son of Afharmazd, so Kad was the great preceptor (farmAd@4r) unto Déarat 7. 3. Atar6-pAd ® was son of Maraspend, son of Dadarda, son of DAadirad, son of Hidind, son of Atarédd, son of MAnis&thar, son of Vohiman-Athar, son of Fry4né °, soz of Bahak?, sox of Fréddn, son of Fra- * This chapter is found only in TD, where it forms a continuation of the preceding, and affords a means (see §§ 10, 11) for determining the age of the recension of the text contained in that MS. As nearly all the names are written in Pahlavi letters, the pronunciation of many of them is merely a matter of guess. * Here written Béhak, but it is Bahak or Bak in § 2; compare Bahak in § 3, and Av. Baungha of Fravardin Yt. 124. > Compare Av. Frashavakhsha of Fravardin Yt. rog. * Compare Av. K4ta of Fravardin Yt. 124. 5 See Chap. XXXII, 2, for the last three generations ; TD has PirtarAsp here, like the variant of M6 in Chap. XXXII, 1. * The Sasanian king ShApfir II, who reigned a.p. 309-379. - 7 According to the chronology of the Bundahis (Chap. XXXIV, 8, 9), D&rat lived only some four centuries before Sh4pfr II, for which period only seven generations of priests are here provided. This period, moreover, is certainly about three centuries less than the truth. * This priest was prime minister of Shapfr II. ® Compare Av. Fryana of Yas. XLV, 12. 10 This name is repeated in TD, probably by mistake (compare Bahak in §§ 1, 2). fs] L 146 BUNDAHIS. shattar!, son of Pérushasp, son of Vindsp, son of Nivar, soz of Vakhsh, soz of Vahidhrés, son of Frast, son of Gak?*, son of Vakhsh, soz of Fryan, son of Ragan, soz of Dardsréb, son of MAandséthar 8. 4. Mitré-vardz was son of Nig&s-afzid-dak, son of Shirtashésp, so of Parstva, son of Urvad-ga, son of Taham, sox of Zartr, son of Dardsréb, son of Mantis‘. 5. Dornamtk was son of Zagh, son of Masvik, son of Nédar 5, son of Mandséthar. 6. Mitré-akAvid zs son of Mardan-véh*, son of Afrébag-vindad, son of Vindad-i-pédak, son of Vaébakht’, son of Bahak, soz of V4é-bikht. 7. The mother from whom I was born is Himéi, daughter of Freh-mah, who also was the righteous daughter ® ? This is probably a semi-Huzv4ris form of Frashéstar. * Perhaps this name should be read along with the next one, so as to give the single Pazand name Skinas or Skivas.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
111 Av. Maidhyé6-maungha of Yas. L, 19, Fravardin Yt. 95, 106. He is said to have been Zaratfist’s first disciple. 142 BUNDAHIS. worship! azd expounded in Atran-vég, and Médyékm4h received the religion from him. 4. The Mobads? of P&rs are all ¢vaced back to this race of M4ndséihar. 5. Again, I say, by Zaratist* weve begotten three sons and three daughters‘; one son was IsadvAstar °, one Adrvatad-nar*, and one Khirshéd-séthar’; as IsadvAstar was chief of the priests he became the Mébad of Mébads, azd passed away in the hundredth year of the religion; Adrvatad-nar was an agriculturist, avd the chief of the enclosure formed by Yim®, which is below the earth; Khfrshéd-&thar was a warrior, commander of the army of Péshyétant, son of Vistasp, and dwells in Kangdez®; and of the three daughters the name of one was Frén, of one Srtt, and of one Péruftst®. 6. Adrvatad-nar and Kharshéa-Athar were from a serving (kakar) wife’, the rest were from a privileged (padakhshah) wife. ' Reading frag yast; but it may be frag gast, ‘wandered forth.’ ® The class of priests whose special duty is to perform all religious rites and ceremonies, 5 This paragraph is quoted, with a few alterations, in the Vagarkard-i Dintk, pp. 21-23. * K2o omits the ‘three daughters’ here, by mistake. 5 Av. Isad-vastra of Yas. XXIII, 4, XXVI, 17, Fravardin Yt. 98. * Av. Urvatad-nara of Vend. II, 143, Fravardin Yt. 98. Kao and M6 have Afirvartad-nar, and TD has Afirvatad-nar. 7 Av. Hvare-Aithra of Fravardin Yt. 98; TD has Khfr-éthar. ® See Chap. XXIX, 5. Windischmann and Justi consider the clause about Péshydtanfi as inserted by mistake, and it is omitted in the Vagarkard-i Dintk (p. 21); it is found, however, in all MSS. of the Bundahis. ® These daughters are the Av. Freni, Thriti, and Pouru-Aista of Fravardin Yt. 139; the last is also mentioned in Yas. LII, 3. 1° The following is a summary of the Persian descriptions of the five kinds of marriage, as given in the Riv4yats :— A p&dsh4h (‘ ruling, or privileged’) wife is when a man marries, CHAPTER XXXII, 4—7. 143 71. By Isadv4star was begotten a son whose name was Ururviga?, and they call him Arang-i Biraé@4n® (‘fore-arm of brothers’) for this reason, that, as they with the parents’ consent, an unbetrothed maiden out of a family, and she and her children remain his in both worlds. A yfikan or ayfik (‘ only child’) wife is an only child, married with the parents’ consent, and her first child belongs to them; after its birth she becomes a pAdsh&h wife. She is entitled to onethird of her parents’ property for giving up the child. A satar (‘adopted’) wife is when a man over fifteen years of age dies childless and unmarried, and his relatives provide a maiden with a dowry, and marry her to another man; when half her children belong to the dead man, and half to the living, and she herself is the dead man’s wife in the other world.
2A akar or 4akar (‘serving’) wife is a widow who marries again ; if she had no children by her first husband she is acting as a satar wife, and half her children by her second husband belong to her first one; and she herself, in any case, belongs to her first husband in the other world. A khftd-sarff or khfd-sar&f (‘self-disposing ’) wife is one who marries without her parents’ consent ; she inherits no property from her parents until her eldest son has given her as a padsh&h wife to his father. 1 Instead of this sentence the Vagarkard-i Dinfk (pp. 21, 22) has the following, which appears to rest upon a misinterpretation of the text :— ‘And Zaratttst the righteous had three wives; all three were in the lifetime of ZaratOst, and all three wives were living throughout the lifetime of ZaratQst; the name of one was Hvév, of the second Urvig, of the third Arnig-bareda. And from Urvig, who was a privileged wife, four children were born; one was the son IsadvAstar, and the three daughters, namely, Frén, Sritak, and Pérusist ; these four were from Urvig. And from the wife Arnig-bared4 two sons were born, one Afirvart-nar, and the second Khfrshéd-Athar ; and Arnig-bared4 was a serving wife, and the name of the former husband of Arnig-bared4 was Mitré-ay4r. And from Hvév, who was a privileged wife, were three sons, namely, Hfshédar, Hfshédar-m4h, and Sésh4ns, as it says,’ &c. (as in § 8). 3 TD has Pahl. Afrvarvigak or Khfrfrfipak. 5 So in TD. 144 BUNDAHIS. were from a serving wife, she then delivered them over to Isadvastar through adoption. 8. This, too, one knows, that three sons of Zaratfst, namely, Hashédar, Hfshédar-méh!, and Sdéshyans*, were from Hvév; as it says, that ZaratQst went near unto Hvév three times, avd each time the seed went to the ground; the angel Nérydésang* received the brilliance and strength of that seed, delivered 2¢ with care to the angel Andhid®, and in time will blend z¢ with a mother. 9. Nine thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-nine, and nine myriads* of the guardian spirits of the righteous are intrusted with z¢s protection, so that the demons may not injure 2¢7, 10. The name of the mother of Zaratist was Dughda *, avd the name of the father of the mother of Zaratist was Frahimravé °. 1 Av. Ukhshyad-ereta and Ukhshyad-nemangh of Fravardin Yt. 128. 2 Av. Saoshyas of Vend. XIX, 18, Fravardin Yt. 129, &c. See Chaps. XI, 6, XXIX, 6, XXX, 3, 4, 7, 17, 25, 27- ® Av. Hvdvi of Fravardin Yt. 139, Din Yt. 15; the Pahlavi form of the name, as given once in TD, is Hivaébé. * See Chap. XV, 1. 5 Ay. andhita of Aban Yt. 1, &c.; a female personification of ‘unsullied’ water, known generally by the epithet ardvf sfra (the Arédvivstr of Chap. XIII), and whose name is also applied to the planet Venus (see Chap. V, 1). * So in M6; other MSS. have ‘9,999 myriads,’ but see Fravardin Yt. 62. 7 This last phrase, about the demons, is omitted in TD and the Vagarkard-i Dintk. ® The Avesta word for ‘ daughter.’
3XIII), and whose name is also applied to the planet Venus (see Chap. V, 1). * So in M6; other MSS. have ‘9,999 myriads,’ but see Fravardin Yt. 62. 7 This last phrase, about the demons, is omitted in TD and the Vagarkard-i Dintk. ® The Avesta word for ‘ daughter.’ ° TD has Paz. Feredhimruvana. CHAPTER XXXII, 8—XxXXIII, 3. 145 (CuaPTeR XXXIII4 o. The family of the Mébads (‘ priests’). 1. Bahak? was son of Hfbakht, son of Atarébéndak, sow of Mahdad, son of Méadydk-méh, sox of Frah-vakhsh-vind4d, son of Médydk-mdh, son of Kad‘, son of Médydk-mah, son of ArAstth, son of Paitirasp’. 2. As Bahak was Mébad of Mébads (high-priest) unto Shahpdhar*, son of Afharmazd, so Kad was the great preceptor (farmAd@4r) unto Déarat 7. 3. Atar6-pAd ® was son of Maraspend, son of Dadarda, son of DAadirad, son of Hidind, son of Atarédd, son of MAnis&thar, son of Vohiman-Athar, son of Fry4né °, soz of Bahak?, sox of Fréddn, son of Fra- * This chapter is found only in TD, where it forms a continuation of the preceding, and affords a means (see §§ 10, 11) for determining the age of the recension of the text contained in that MS. As nearly all the names are written in Pahlavi letters, the pronunciation of many of them is merely a matter of guess. * Here written Béhak, but it is Bahak or Bak in § 2; compare Bahak in § 3, and Av. Baungha of Fravardin Yt. 124. > Compare Av. Frashavakhsha of Fravardin Yt. rog. * Compare Av. K4ta of Fravardin Yt. 124. 5 See Chap. XXXII, 2, for the last three generations ; TD has PirtarAsp here, like the variant of M6 in Chap. XXXII, 1. * The Sasanian king ShApfir II, who reigned a.p. 309-379. - 7 According to the chronology of the Bundahis (Chap. XXXIV, 8, 9), D&rat lived only some four centuries before Sh4pfr II, for which period only seven generations of priests are here provided. This period, moreover, is certainly about three centuries less than the truth. * This priest was prime minister of Shapfr II. ® Compare Av. Fryana of Yas. XLV, 12. 10 This name is repeated in TD, probably by mistake (compare Bahak in §§ 1, 2). fs] L 146 BUNDAHIS. shattar!, son of Pérushasp, son of Vindsp, son of Nivar, soz of Vakhsh, soz of Vahidhrés, son of Frast, son of Gak?*, son of Vakhsh, soz of Fryan, son of Ragan, soz of Dardsréb, son of MAandséthar 8. 4. Mitré-vardz was son of Nig&s-afzid-dak, son of Shirtashésp, so of Parstva, son of Urvad-ga, son of Taham, sox of Zartr, son of Dardsréb, son of Mantis‘. 5. Dornamtk was son of Zagh, son of Masvik, son of Nédar 5, son of Mandséthar. 6. Mitré-akAvid zs son of Mardan-véh*, son of Afrébag-vindad, son of Vindad-i-pédak, son of Vaébakht’, son of Bahak, soz of V4é-bikht. 7. The mother from whom I was born is Himéi, daughter of Freh-mah, who also was the righteous daughter ® ? This is probably a semi-Huzv4ris form of Frashéstar. * Perhaps this name should be read along with the next one, so as to give the single Pazand name Skinas or Skivas.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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