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st thou receive the sacrifice and the invocation in the houses of men.

Well may it be unto the man who ever worships thee with a sacrifice, holding the sacred wood in his hand, the baresma in his hand, the meat in his hand, the mortar ^ in his hand,

8. Mayest thou have the right ^ wood ! Mayest thou have the right incense! Mayest thou have the right food! Mayest thou have the right fuel ^ I

Mayest thou be full-grown for protecting (this house)! Mayest thou grow excellent for protecting!

9. Mayest thou burn in this house ! Mayest thou ever burn in this house ! Mayest thou blaze in this house ! Mayest thou increase in this house ! Even for a long time, till the powerful restoration of the world, till the time of the good, powerful restoration of the world !

10. Give me, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda ! lively welfare, lively maintenance, lively living ; fulness of welfare, fulness of maintenance, fulness of life ;

Knowledge, sagacity ; quickness of tongue ; (holiness of) soul ; a good memory ; and then the understanding that goes on growing and the one that is not acquired through learning*;

^ The mortar for pounding the Haoma.

"^ In quality and quantity.

^ Upasayeni : what is added to keep up the fire when lighted (Pers. transl.).

* The gaosh6-srfita khratu and the asna khratu (see p. 7, note i).

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And then the manly courage,

11. Firm-footed, unsleeping-, (sleeping only) for a third part of the day and of the night, quick to rise up from bed, ever awake ;

And a protecting, virtuous offspring, able to rule countries and assemblies of men, well growing up, good, freeing us from the pangs (of hell), endowed with a good intellect, that may increase my house, my borough, my town, my country, my empire.

12. Give me, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda! however unworthy I am \ now and for ever, a seat in the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.

May I obtain the good reward, a good renown ^, and long cheerfulness for my soul^!

13. Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, lifts up his voice to all those for whom he cooks their evening meal and their morning meal*. From all those he wishes a good offering, a beneficent offering, an offering of assistance, O Spitama !

14. Atar looks at the hands of all those who pass by : ' What does the friend bring to his friend ? What does he who comes and goes bring to him ^ who stays motionless ?'

We sacrifice unto Atar, the valiant warrior ^.

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ring of assistance, O Spitama !

14. Atar looks at the hands of all those who pass by : ' What does the friend bring to his friend ? What does he who comes and goes bring to him ^ who stays motionless ?'

We sacrifice unto Atar, the valiant warrior ^.

15. And if the passer-by brings him wood holily brought, or bundles of baresma holily tied up, or

1 Ya mk afras(2ungh£zu angha/: ya me abhut ayogyata (Sansk. transl.).

2 Here. ^ Above. * Khshafnim, suirim (Etudes Iraniennes, II, 161).

® Atar.

^ 'Bodily he is infirm (ar me j-t, motionless); spiritually he is a warrior' (Pahl. Comm.).

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twigs of Hadhanaepata\ then Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, well pleased with him and not angry, and fed as required, will thus bless him :

1 6, 'May herds of oxen grow for thee, and increase of sons ; may thy mind be master of its vow, may thy soul be master of its vow, and mayest thou live on in the joy of the soul all the nights of thy life.'

This is the blessing which Atar speaks unto him who brings him dry wood, well-examined by the light of the day, well-cleansed with godly intent ^.

17. Yatha ah(i vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....

I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of
Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda ^ . . . .

AshemVohu: Holiness is the best of all good ....

18^. We gladden by our virtue thy mighty Fire, O Ahura ! thy most quick and powerful Fire, who shows his assistance^ to him who has ever comforted him, but delights in taking vengeance with his hands on the man who has harmed him.

^ See Vend. p. 94, note i. "" Cf. Vend. XVIII, 26-27. ^ From Yasna XXXIV, 4.

* 'In the var nirang' (Pahl. Comm.), that is to say, in the fire ordeal ; see above, p. 1 70, note 3.

INDEX TO THE VENDIDAD,

VOLUME IV;

AND TO THE

SIROZAHS, YA5TS, AND NYAYI5,
VOLUME xxin.

INDEX TO VOLS. IV AND XXIII.

The references in small Roman numerals are to the Introduction to the Vendidad; those preceded by II are to this volume; the others are to the Vendidad.

Aal, fairy, page xciii. n 4.

Aban Nyayij, II, 356-357,

Aban Yajt, II, 52-84.

Abajta, xxx. n r.

Abere^, priest, 63, 64. n i, 78, 79 ; II,

332.
Abortion, 175.

Adar, god, II, 7, 15. See Atar.
Adarana, II, 288.
Adarapra, fire, II, 7. n 2. See Adar

Froba.
Adarbad Mahraspandan, man, xxxiii,

xxxvii. Adarbi^an, land, 1. n2;II, 123. n3. Adar Burzin ]\Iihr, fire, II, 8. n 2, . 294. n 2.

Adar Farnbag, fire, II, 7. n 2.
Adar Froba, fire, II, 294. n 2, 298.

n I. See Adarapra. Adar Gushasp, fire, II, 294. n 2.

Adarbad Mahraspandan, man, xxxiii, xxxvii. Adarbi^an, land, 1. n2;II, 123. n3. Adar Burzin ]\Iihr, fire, II, 8. n 2, . 294. n 2.

Adar Farnbag, fire, II, 7. n 2.
Adar Froba, fire, II, 294. n 2, 298.

n I. See Adarapra. Adar Gushasp, fire, II, 294. n 2. See

Gushasp.
Adhutav«u, mount, II, 289.
Adityas, Ix.

Adukani, month, II, loi. n i.
Aekha, demon, II, 284, 285.
Aeshma, demon, Ixvii, 136, 141, n 3,
142, 143, 218; II, 33, 143, 154,
164, 224, 271, 284, 297, 308.
Aeta, man, II, 217.
Aethrapaiti, 45.

Aevo-saredha-fyaejta, man, II, 218.
Aezakha, mount, II, 288.
Afrasyab, man, II, 64. n 2, 67. n 4, 95.
n 2, 114. n 2, 300. n 5, 304. n 2.
See Frangrasyan.
Afrigan, xxx.

Afrin Paighambar, II, 324-328.
Agastya, man, II, 224. n 2.
Agcrcpta, 39, 40, 41.

Aghraeratha, man, Ixxvi; II, 114,
115, 222, 278, 304, 307. n 6.

Agriculture, 28.

Ahriman, demon, xliv, Ixx, Ixxi,
Ixxvi, xcii, 59. n 4, 99. ni; II, 26.
n 2, 135. n 2, 176. n 2, 252. n i,
260. n 5. See Angra Mainyu.

Ahum-stij^, man, II, 203.

Ahuna, man, II, 288.

Ahuna Vairya, prayer, Ixix, Ixxviii,
98, no, 139, 206. n 5; II, 3;
serves as a weapon, II, 275.

Ahura Mazda, god, Iviii, Ixi ; 4 (his creations), 207 ; 208 (his Fravashi); II, 3, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15; 21-34 (Ormazd Yajt) ; 57 (sacrifices to Ardvi Sura Anahita) ; 86, 116,119,138,142, 151,152,154, 155, 156, 157,162, 164, 169, 180, 199, 201, 227, 228, 230, 231, 232 seq. ; 250 (sacrifices to Vayu),

274, 317, 351, &c.
Ahuranis, 140. n 2.
Ainyava, II, 217, 218.
Aipivanghu, II, 222,303. See Apiveh.
Aipivohu, II, 303.
Airix-rasp Ausposinan, II, 216. n 6.
Airyaman, 140, 222, 228, 229, 230-

235; n, 4, 13, 35, 37, 41, 42,

43-45, 48.
Airyanem vae^ah, 2, 5, 13, 15, 20. n2,

30, 57, 78, 116, 279. Sea Iran

Ve^.
Airyu, II, 62. n 2, 222, 226. n 6.
Aiwi^farenah, man, II, 214.
Akatasha, demon, 136, 218.
Akayadha, man, II, 219.
Akem Mano, demon, Ixxii; II, 297,

308.

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INDEX TO VOLS. IV AND XXIII.

Akhnangha, man, 11, 217,

Akhrura, man, II, 223.

Akhiti, genius, II, 4, 13, 35, 37, 39, &c. See Peace.

Akht, sorcerer, II, 72. n 5.

Akhtya, sorcerer, II, 73,

Alborz, mount, 225 ; II, 97. n 6, 122.
n 3, 287. n I, 289. n 6. See
Hara Berezaiti.

Alexander, man, xxxii.

Alexander eschata, land, II, 123. n4.

Ambrosia, II, 152. n 5.

Amereta/, god, Ix, Ixxi; II, 5, 31, 36,
37j 40) 49j I43j 308, 312. _

Amesha-Spewtas, gods, lix, Ixxi, 207,
209; II, 3, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 34j
35-40 (Haftan Ya^t), 43, 49, 86,
90, 103, 132, 142, 143. n I, 156,
163, 164, 166,193, 194, 199,202,
230,290,291,336,339,340,350.

Amru, bird, II, 210.

Amuyamna, genius, II, 164. n 2.