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1For translations from the Pahlavi Vendidad the text adopted, wherever available and not evidently defective, has been that of L4, a manuscript of the Vendidad with XXX PAHLAVI TEXTS, Pahlavi, Z. and P. IV, in the India Office Library in London. ‘The date of this manuscript has been lost with its last folio, but its text is in the same handwriting as that of three others, in Kopenhagen and Bombay, which were written A.D. 1323-4. A considerable portion of the beginning of this manuscript has also been lost, and is replaced by modern folios of no particular value. In conclusion, the translator must take the opportunity of thankfully acknowledging the kindness and readiness with which Dastdr Peshotanji Behramji Sanjan4, the highpriest of the Parsis in Bombay, and Dastir Jamaspji Minochiharji JamA4sp-As4-n4, of the same city, have always furnished him with any information he applied for, not only on those matters specially mentioned in the footnotes, but also on many other occasions, E. W. WEST. MUNICH, September, 1882. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME. Acc. for accusative case ; Af. Zarat. for Afring4n-i Zarat@st ; anc. Pers. for ancient Persian; App. for Appendix to this volume ; Ar. for Arabic; AV. for the Book of Arda-Viraf, ed. Hoshangji and Haug; Av. for Avesta; B2g for Persian Rivayat MS. No. 29 of the University Library in Bombay ; Bd. and Byt. for Bundahis and Bahman Yast, as translated in vol. v of this series; BK for an old imperfect copy of K35 written in Kirman, but now in Bombay; Chald. for Chaldee ; comp. for compare ; Dd. for Dadistan-f Dintk, as translated in this volume; Dk. for Dinkard; Ep. for Epistles of Méanfsfihar, as translated in this volume; Farh. Okh. for Farhang-i Oim-khadfk, ed. Hoshangji and Haug ; Gen. for Genesis ; Haug’s Essays for Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings, and Religion of the Parsis, by M. Haug, 2nd edition; Hn. for Hadékht Nask, as published with AV.; Huz. for Huzvaris; Introd. for Introduction ; J. for Dd. MS. belonging to Dast(ir JamAspji Minochiharji in Bombay; K35 for Dd. MS. No. 35 of the University Library in Kopenhagen; L4 for Vend. MS. No. 4 of the India Office Library in London; Lev. for Leviticus; M5, M7, Mro, M14 for MSS. Nos. 5, 7, 10, 14 of the Haug Collection in the State Library in Munich; Mkh. for Mainyé-i-khard, ed. West; n. for foot-note; nom. for nominative case; p. for page; Pahl. for Pahlavi; Pz. for Pazand; Pers. for Persian; p. p. for past participle; Sir. for Sirozah, ed. Westergaard; Sls. for Shayast-la-sh4yast, as translated in vol. v of this series; TD for Bd. MS. belonging to Mr. Tehmuras Dinshawji in Bombay ; TK for Dd. MS. belonging to the same; trans. D. for translated by Darmesteter, in vol. iv of this series; Vend., Visp., and Yas. for Vendidad, Visparad, and Yasna, ed. Spiegel; Yt. for Yast, ed. Westergaard; Z.D.M.G. for Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft; Zs. for Selections of Z4d-sparam, as translated in vol. v of this series.
2iv of this series; Vend., Visp., and Yas. for Vendidad, Visparad, and Yasna, ed. Spiegel; Yt. for Yast, ed. Westergaard; Z.D.M.G. for Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft; Zs. for Selections of Z4d-sparam, as translated in vol. v of this series. eer tT OL oe eee > er A A DADISTAN-I DINIK OR ° THE RELIGIOUS OPINIONS OF MANUSKIHAR, SON OF YUDAN-YIM, DASTOR OF PARS AND KIRMAN, A.D. 881. [18] B OBSERVATIONS. 1. For all divisions into chapters and sections the translator is responsible, as the manuscripts merely indicate the beginning of each question and reply. 2. Italics are used for any English words which are not expressed, or fully understood, in the original text, but are added to complete the sense of the translation. 3. Italics occurring in Oriental words, or names, represent certain peculiar Oriental letters (see the ‘ Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets’ at the end of this volume). The italic d, J, 2, r, v may be pronounced gs in English; but g should be sounded like j, 47 like wh, 4 like ch in ‘church,’ s like sh, and 2 like French j. 4. In Pahlavi words the only vowels expressed in the original text are those circumflexed, initial a, and the letter 6; italic d is written like t, y and / like n or the Avesta 0, v and g like g, and ad like 4 in the Pahlavi character (see the latter part of § 1 of the Introduction). 5. Inthe translation, words in parentheses are merely explanatory of those which precede them. 6. For the meaning of the abbreviations used in the notes, see the end of the Introduction. 4. The manuscripts mentioned are :— BK, an old imperfect copy of K35 written in Kirm4n, but now in Bombay. J (about 60 years old), belonging to Dastir Jamaspji Minochiharji in Bombay. K35 (probably written a.p. 1572), No. 35 in the University Library at Kopenhagen; upon the text of which this translation is based. Ms (written a.p. 1723), a MS. of miscellaneous texts in Persian letters, No. 5 of the Haug Collection in the State Library at Munich, M14 (a modern copy of a MS. in the library of the Parsi highpriest in Bombay), No. 14 in the same Collection. TD, a MS. of the Bundahis belonging to Mébad Tehmuras Dinshawji in Bombay. SO SES TST il etn cee Aa A DADISTAN-I DINIK. SomE chapters of the enquiries which Mitrékharshéd, son of Atdvd-mah4n 1 and others of the good religion made of the glorified (anoshakéraban) MAndséthar?, son of Yodan-Yim, and the replies given by him in explanation. Cuapter I. o. Through the name and power and assistance of the creator Adharmazd and all good Jdeings, all the heavenly and earthly angels, and every creature and creation that Adhavmazd set going for his own angels and all pertaining to the celestial spheres.
3Cuapter I. o. Through the name and power and assistance of the creator Adharmazd and all good Jdeings, all the heavenly and earthly angels, and every creature and creation that Adhavmazd set going for his own angels and all pertaining to the celestial spheres. ‘The name Atfir-m4h4n occurs in a Pahlavi inscription, dated a.y. 378 (a.pD. 1009), in one of the Kanheri caves, near Bombay (see Indian Antiquary, vol. ix, pp. 266, 267), and Adharm4h is mentioned in Hoffmann’s Ausztige aus syrischen Akten persischer Martyrer (Leipzig, 1880), p. 203; so that this name must have been commonly used by Parsis in former times, though unknown now. * He calls himself pontiff and director of the priests of P4rs and Kirm4n in a.y. 250=a. D. 881, and was, therefore, the leader of the religion (see Chaps. XLV, 5, XCIV, 13, and Ep. III, 21). Besides these titles of pésfip4f, ‘leader,’ farm4d4r, ‘director,’ and rad, ‘pontiff or executive high-priest,’ he is also called aérpat khfid4i, ‘priestly lordship,’ in the heading to Ep. III, and has the general title aérpat, ‘ priest,’ in those of Ep. I and II. The reading of the name of his father, Yidfn-Yim (Pers. Guvan-Gam, ‘the youthful Gamshéd’), is merely a guess; the Parsis read either Géshna-gam or Gédan-dam; and, perhaps, Gishna-dam, ‘breathing virility,’ is a likely alternative reading. B 2 4 DADISTAN-{ DiNfkK. 1. Zo those of the good religion, who are these enquirers owing to devout force of demeanour and strength of character, the type of wisdom and standard of ability—-and of whom, moreover, the questions, seeking wisdom, contemplating good works, and investigating religion, are specified—the blessing azd reply of MAndséihar, son of Yddan- Yim, are these:—2. That is, forasmuch as with full affection, great dignity, and grandeur you have blessed me in this enquiring epistle', so much as you have blessed, axd just as you have blessed, with full measure azd perfect profusion, may it happen fully likewise unto you, in the first place, and ¢o your connections, separately for yourselves and dependents; may it come upon you for a long period, and may it be connected with a happy end. 3. As ¢o that which you ordered to write about wishes for an interview and conversation w7zthk me, and the friendliness and regard for religion of yourselves and our former aisczp/e? (lanmanak kadmén) —who is a servant of the sacred beings (yazd4n6)* and a fellow-soldier in struggling with the fiend, alike persistent in reliance upon the good religion of Mazda-worship—I am equally desirous of that one path of righteousness when z¢s extension is to a place in the best existence‘, azd equally hopeful 1 Regarding this epistle, nothing further is known that can be gathered from the text of this reply to it, which gives the substance of the questions it contained. 2 This disciple appears to have been previously sent by Man(skihar to the community he is addressing, most probably to serve as their high-priest.
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.
1For translations from the Pahlavi Vendidad the text adopted, wherever available and not evidently defective, has been that of L4, a manuscript of the Vendidad with XXX PAHLAVI TEXTS, Pahlavi, Z. and P. IV, in the India Office Library in London. ‘The date of this manuscript has been lost with its last folio, but its text is in the same handwriting as that of three others, in Kopenhagen and Bombay, which were written A.D. 1323-4. A considerable portion of the beginning of this manuscript has also been lost, and is replaced by modern folios of no particular value. In conclusion, the translator must take the opportunity of thankfully acknowledging the kindness and readiness with which Dastdr Peshotanji Behramji Sanjan4, the highpriest of the Parsis in Bombay, and Dastir Jamaspji Minochiharji JamA4sp-As4-n4, of the same city, have always furnished him with any information he applied for, not only on those matters specially mentioned in the footnotes, but also on many other occasions, E. W. WEST. MUNICH, September, 1882. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME. Acc. for accusative case ; Af. Zarat. for Afring4n-i Zarat@st ; anc. Pers. for ancient Persian; App. for Appendix to this volume ; Ar. for Arabic; AV. for the Book of Arda-Viraf, ed. Hoshangji and Haug; Av. for Avesta; B2g for Persian Rivayat MS. No. 29 of the University Library in Bombay ; Bd. and Byt. for Bundahis and Bahman Yast, as translated in vol. v of this series; BK for an old imperfect copy of K35 written in Kirman, but now in Bombay; Chald. for Chaldee ; comp. for compare ; Dd. for Dadistan-f Dintk, as translated in this volume; Dk. for Dinkard; Ep. for Epistles of Méanfsfihar, as translated in this volume; Farh. Okh. for Farhang-i Oim-khadfk, ed. Hoshangji and Haug ; Gen. for Genesis ; Haug’s Essays for Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings, and Religion of the Parsis, by M. Haug, 2nd edition; Hn. for Hadékht Nask, as published with AV.; Huz. for Huzvaris; Introd. for Introduction ; J. for Dd. MS. belonging to Dast(ir JamAspji Minochiharji in Bombay; K35 for Dd. MS. No. 35 of the University Library in Kopenhagen; L4 for Vend. MS. No. 4 of the India Office Library in London; Lev. for Leviticus; M5, M7, Mro, M14 for MSS. Nos. 5, 7, 10, 14 of the Haug Collection in the State Library in Munich; Mkh. for Mainyé-i-khard, ed. West; n. for foot-note; nom. for nominative case; p. for page; Pahl. for Pahlavi; Pz. for Pazand; Pers. for Persian; p. p. for past participle; Sir. for Sirozah, ed. Westergaard; Sls. for Shayast-la-sh4yast, as translated in vol. v of this series; TD for Bd. MS. belonging to Mr. Tehmuras Dinshawji in Bombay ; TK for Dd. MS. belonging to the same; trans. D. for translated by Darmesteter, in vol. iv of this series; Vend., Visp., and Yas. for Vendidad, Visparad, and Yasna, ed. Spiegel; Yt. for Yast, ed. Westergaard; Z.D.M.G. for Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft; Zs. for Selections of Z4d-sparam, as translated in vol. v of this series.
2iv of this series; Vend., Visp., and Yas. for Vendidad, Visparad, and Yasna, ed. Spiegel; Yt. for Yast, ed. Westergaard; Z.D.M.G. for Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenlandischen Gesellschaft; Zs. for Selections of Z4d-sparam, as translated in vol. v of this series. eer tT OL oe eee > er A A DADISTAN-I DINIK OR ° THE RELIGIOUS OPINIONS OF MANUSKIHAR, SON OF YUDAN-YIM, DASTOR OF PARS AND KIRMAN, A.D. 881. [18] B OBSERVATIONS. 1. For all divisions into chapters and sections the translator is responsible, as the manuscripts merely indicate the beginning of each question and reply. 2. Italics are used for any English words which are not expressed, or fully understood, in the original text, but are added to complete the sense of the translation. 3. Italics occurring in Oriental words, or names, represent certain peculiar Oriental letters (see the ‘ Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets’ at the end of this volume). The italic d, J, 2, r, v may be pronounced gs in English; but g should be sounded like j, 47 like wh, 4 like ch in ‘church,’ s like sh, and 2 like French j. 4. In Pahlavi words the only vowels expressed in the original text are those circumflexed, initial a, and the letter 6; italic d is written like t, y and / like n or the Avesta 0, v and g like g, and ad like 4 in the Pahlavi character (see the latter part of § 1 of the Introduction). 5. Inthe translation, words in parentheses are merely explanatory of those which precede them. 6. For the meaning of the abbreviations used in the notes, see the end of the Introduction. 4. The manuscripts mentioned are :— BK, an old imperfect copy of K35 written in Kirm4n, but now in Bombay. J (about 60 years old), belonging to Dastir Jamaspji Minochiharji in Bombay. K35 (probably written a.p. 1572), No. 35 in the University Library at Kopenhagen; upon the text of which this translation is based. Ms (written a.p. 1723), a MS. of miscellaneous texts in Persian letters, No. 5 of the Haug Collection in the State Library at Munich, M14 (a modern copy of a MS. in the library of the Parsi highpriest in Bombay), No. 14 in the same Collection. TD, a MS. of the Bundahis belonging to Mébad Tehmuras Dinshawji in Bombay. SO SES TST il etn cee Aa A DADISTAN-I DINIK. SomE chapters of the enquiries which Mitrékharshéd, son of Atdvd-mah4n 1 and others of the good religion made of the glorified (anoshakéraban) MAndséthar?, son of Yodan-Yim, and the replies given by him in explanation. Cuapter I. o. Through the name and power and assistance of the creator Adharmazd and all good Jdeings, all the heavenly and earthly angels, and every creature and creation that Adhavmazd set going for his own angels and all pertaining to the celestial spheres.
3Cuapter I. o. Through the name and power and assistance of the creator Adharmazd and all good Jdeings, all the heavenly and earthly angels, and every creature and creation that Adhavmazd set going for his own angels and all pertaining to the celestial spheres. ‘The name Atfir-m4h4n occurs in a Pahlavi inscription, dated a.y. 378 (a.pD. 1009), in one of the Kanheri caves, near Bombay (see Indian Antiquary, vol. ix, pp. 266, 267), and Adharm4h is mentioned in Hoffmann’s Ausztige aus syrischen Akten persischer Martyrer (Leipzig, 1880), p. 203; so that this name must have been commonly used by Parsis in former times, though unknown now. * He calls himself pontiff and director of the priests of P4rs and Kirm4n in a.y. 250=a. D. 881, and was, therefore, the leader of the religion (see Chaps. XLV, 5, XCIV, 13, and Ep. III, 21). Besides these titles of pésfip4f, ‘leader,’ farm4d4r, ‘director,’ and rad, ‘pontiff or executive high-priest,’ he is also called aérpat khfid4i, ‘priestly lordship,’ in the heading to Ep. III, and has the general title aérpat, ‘ priest,’ in those of Ep. I and II. The reading of the name of his father, Yidfn-Yim (Pers. Guvan-Gam, ‘the youthful Gamshéd’), is merely a guess; the Parsis read either Géshna-gam or Gédan-dam; and, perhaps, Gishna-dam, ‘breathing virility,’ is a likely alternative reading. B 2 4 DADISTAN-{ DiNfkK. 1. Zo those of the good religion, who are these enquirers owing to devout force of demeanour and strength of character, the type of wisdom and standard of ability—-and of whom, moreover, the questions, seeking wisdom, contemplating good works, and investigating religion, are specified—the blessing azd reply of MAndséihar, son of Yddan- Yim, are these:—2. That is, forasmuch as with full affection, great dignity, and grandeur you have blessed me in this enquiring epistle', so much as you have blessed, axd just as you have blessed, with full measure azd perfect profusion, may it happen fully likewise unto you, in the first place, and ¢o your connections, separately for yourselves and dependents; may it come upon you for a long period, and may it be connected with a happy end. 3. As ¢o that which you ordered to write about wishes for an interview and conversation w7zthk me, and the friendliness and regard for religion of yourselves and our former aisczp/e? (lanmanak kadmén) —who is a servant of the sacred beings (yazd4n6)* and a fellow-soldier in struggling with the fiend, alike persistent in reliance upon the good religion of Mazda-worship—I am equally desirous of that one path of righteousness when z¢s extension is to a place in the best existence‘, azd equally hopeful 1 Regarding this epistle, nothing further is known that can be gathered from the text of this reply to it, which gives the substance of the questions it contained. 2 This disciple appears to have been previously sent by Man(skihar to the community he is addressing, most probably to serve as their high-priest.
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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