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1Google This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that’s often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book’s long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you. Usage guidelines Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. We also ask that you: + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes. + Refrain from automated querying Do not send automated queries of any sort to Google’s system: If you are conducting research on machine translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. + Maintain attribution The Google “watermark” you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it. + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that just because we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can’t offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book’s appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. About Google Book Search Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/
2Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ The Sacred Books of the East: Pahlavi texts, pt. 2 —_—————————— The New York Public Library | Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foundations * * * The R. Heber Newton Collection Presented by His Children Digitized by Google THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST Bup. to Be Kept [18] a Dondon HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE 7 PATERNOSTER ROW THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER VOL. XVIII @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1882 [AM rights reserved }+-+.- pose THE NEW YCIK PUBLIC LIEFATY 537801A° ASTOR, LEN(X 41-4 TILDEN FOUNVALICNS R 41034 L PAHLAVI TEXTS TRANSLATED BY E. W. WEST PART II THE DADISTAN-f DiNtK AND THE EPISTLES OF MANOUSKIHAR @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1882 [AU rights reserved} Digitized by Google CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. PAGE 1. General Remarks . xiii 2. The D&distén-f Dinik xxii 3. The Epistles of Manfstihar . . . oe RXV 4. The Appendix . . . . . . . XXvili Abbreviations used in this volume . XXxi TRANSLATIONS. DAntsrAn-t Dintk 1 1, Introductory 3 2. Why a righteous man is ; better than all creatures, sia or worldly . . . I 3. Why a righteous man is created, and how he should act. 15 4. Why a righteous man is great . : 20 5. How temporal distress is to be regarded . 22 6. Why the good suffer more than the bad in this world 23 4. Why we are created, and what we ought to do 25 8. Whether good works done for the dead differ in effect from those ordered or done by themselves 26 9. How far they differ 28 10. The growth of good works during life 29 11. Whether the growth of a good work be as commendable as the original good work 30 12, Whether it eradicates sin equally well . 30 13. Whether one is made responsible for all his sins and good works separately at the last account, or only for their balance 31 14. The angels who take account of sin 1 and good works, and how sinners are punished . . : . 32 15. The exposure of a corpse does not occasion the final departure of life, and is meritorious 34 16. Whether the soul be aware of, or disturbed by, the corpse being gnawed . 36 Vill CONTENTS. CHAP, 17. 18. 1g. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33- 34. 36. 37: 38. 39- 40. 41. 42. PAGE
3Whether the soul be aware of, or disturbed by, the corpse being gnawed . 36 Vill CONTENTS. CHAP, 17. 18. 1g. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33- 34. 36. 37: 38. 39- 40. 41. 42. PAGE Reasons for the exposure of corpses’. . 38 How the corpse and bones are to be disposed of 43 Whether departed souls can see AfharmazdandAharman 44 Where the souls of the righteous and wicked go - 46 The Daitih peak, the Xinvad bridge, and the two ‘Paths of departed souls 47 Whether the spirits are distressed when a righteous man dies 50 How the life departs from the body 51 Where a righteous soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next . 53 . Where a wicked soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next 55 The nature of heaven and its pleasures . 56 The nature of hell and its punishments . 57 Why ceremonies in honour of Srdésh are performed for the three days after a death 58 Why Srdésh must be reverenced separately from other angels 60 Why three sacred cakes are consecrated at dawn after the third night from a death . 61 How a righteous soul goes to heaven, and what it "finds and does there 63 How a wicked soul goes to hell, and what it it finds and suffers there y Ke) The position and subdivisions of hell 74 The two ways from the Daitih peak ; that of the righteous to heaven, and that of the wicked to hell . . 76 5. The continuance of mankind in the world till the resurrection 46 The preparers of the renovation of the universe 17 The contest of the good and evil spirits from the creation till the resurrection, and the condition of creation after the resurrection . 80 The effect of doing more good works than are fe necessary for attaining to the supreme heaven . . 120 Reasons for wearing the sacred thread-girdle . . 122 On the sacred shirt and thread-girdle, grace before and after eating, and cleansing the mouth before the aftergrace . 133 The sin of apostasy, and how to atone for it 136 The good works of him who saves others from apostasy 139
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.
1Google This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that’s often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book’s long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you. Usage guidelines Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. We also ask that you: + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes. + Refrain from automated querying Do not send automated queries of any sort to Google’s system: If you are conducting research on machine translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. + Maintain attribution The Google “watermark” you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it. + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that just because we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can’t offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book’s appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. About Google Book Search Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/
2Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ The Sacred Books of the East: Pahlavi texts, pt. 2 —_—————————— The New York Public Library | Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foundations * * * The R. Heber Newton Collection Presented by His Children Digitized by Google THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST Bup. to Be Kept [18] a Dondon HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE 7 PATERNOSTER ROW THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER VOL. XVIII @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1882 [AM rights reserved }+-+.- pose THE NEW YCIK PUBLIC LIEFATY 537801A° ASTOR, LEN(X 41-4 TILDEN FOUNVALICNS R 41034 L PAHLAVI TEXTS TRANSLATED BY E. W. WEST PART II THE DADISTAN-f DiNtK AND THE EPISTLES OF MANOUSKIHAR @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1882 [AU rights reserved} Digitized by Google CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. PAGE 1. General Remarks . xiii 2. The D&distén-f Dinik xxii 3. The Epistles of Manfstihar . . . oe RXV 4. The Appendix . . . . . . . XXvili Abbreviations used in this volume . XXxi TRANSLATIONS. DAntsrAn-t Dintk 1 1, Introductory 3 2. Why a righteous man is ; better than all creatures, sia or worldly . . . I 3. Why a righteous man is created, and how he should act. 15 4. Why a righteous man is great . : 20 5. How temporal distress is to be regarded . 22 6. Why the good suffer more than the bad in this world 23 4. Why we are created, and what we ought to do 25 8. Whether good works done for the dead differ in effect from those ordered or done by themselves 26 9. How far they differ 28 10. The growth of good works during life 29 11. Whether the growth of a good work be as commendable as the original good work 30 12, Whether it eradicates sin equally well . 30 13. Whether one is made responsible for all his sins and good works separately at the last account, or only for their balance 31 14. The angels who take account of sin 1 and good works, and how sinners are punished . . : . 32 15. The exposure of a corpse does not occasion the final departure of life, and is meritorious 34 16. Whether the soul be aware of, or disturbed by, the corpse being gnawed . 36 Vill CONTENTS. CHAP, 17. 18. 1g. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33- 34. 36. 37: 38. 39- 40. 41. 42. PAGE
3Whether the soul be aware of, or disturbed by, the corpse being gnawed . 36 Vill CONTENTS. CHAP, 17. 18. 1g. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33- 34. 36. 37: 38. 39- 40. 41. 42. PAGE Reasons for the exposure of corpses’. . 38 How the corpse and bones are to be disposed of 43 Whether departed souls can see AfharmazdandAharman 44 Where the souls of the righteous and wicked go - 46 The Daitih peak, the Xinvad bridge, and the two ‘Paths of departed souls 47 Whether the spirits are distressed when a righteous man dies 50 How the life departs from the body 51 Where a righteous soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next . 53 . Where a wicked soul stays for the first three nights after death, and what it does next 55 The nature of heaven and its pleasures . 56 The nature of hell and its punishments . 57 Why ceremonies in honour of Srdésh are performed for the three days after a death 58 Why Srdésh must be reverenced separately from other angels 60 Why three sacred cakes are consecrated at dawn after the third night from a death . 61 How a righteous soul goes to heaven, and what it "finds and does there 63 How a wicked soul goes to hell, and what it it finds and suffers there y Ke) The position and subdivisions of hell 74 The two ways from the Daitih peak ; that of the righteous to heaven, and that of the wicked to hell . . 76 5. The continuance of mankind in the world till the resurrection 46 The preparers of the renovation of the universe 17 The contest of the good and evil spirits from the creation till the resurrection, and the condition of creation after the resurrection . 80 The effect of doing more good works than are fe necessary for attaining to the supreme heaven . . 120 Reasons for wearing the sacred thread-girdle . . 122 On the sacred shirt and thread-girdle, grace before and after eating, and cleansing the mouth before the aftergrace . 133 The sin of apostasy, and how to atone for it 136 The good works of him who saves others from apostasy 139
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