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THE ZEND-AVESTA

PART II

THE s1r6ZAHS, YA6^TS, AND NYAYI^

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JAMES DARMESTETER

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CONTENTS.

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Introduction

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ix

TRANSLATIONS.

Preliminary Observations to the Yajts and Sirozahs

Sirozah I .

Sirozah II . . .

I. Ormazd Yajt .
(Bahman Ya^t)

II. Haptan Ya^t .

III. Ardibehijt Ya^t

• IV. Khordad Ya^t
• V. Aban Ya.yt .

VI. Khorshe^ Ya^t

VII. Mah Yajt .

• VIII. Tir Yajt
• IX. Gos Ya^t

• X. Mihir Ya^t .
• • XL Srosh Yajt Hadhokht

XII. Rashn Ya^t .

• XIII. Farvardin Ya^t
• XIV. Bahram Yast .

• XV. Ram Ya^t .
• XVI. Din Yajt

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CONTENTS.

XVII. Ashi Ya^t ....

• XVIII. Ajtad Yasl .
• XIX. Zamyad Ya^t

XX. Vanaw/ Yast

XXI. Yajt Fragment

XXII. Ya^t

XXIII. Afrin Paighambar Zartiut .

XXIV. Vutasp Ya^t

Preliminary Observations to the Nyaylj

I. Khorshe^ Nyayij

II. Mihir Nyayi^ .

• III. Mah Nyayi^
• IV. Aban Nyayij .

V. Ataj Nyayij-

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Index to the Translations of the Vendidad, Sirozahs,

Yai'ts, and Nyayif , . . . . . . 363

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East . . .381

INTRODUCTION.

The present volume contains a translation of the Sirozahs and Yai'ts, and of the Nyayij-. This part of the Avesta treats chiefly of the mythical and legendary lore of Zoroastrianism.

For a satisfactory translation of these texts, the etymological and comparative method is generally considered as the best or as the only possible one, on account of the entire absence of any traditional interpretation, I have tried, however, to reduce the sphere of etymological guesswork to its narrowest limits, with the help of different Pahlavi, Persian, and Sanskrit translations, which are as yet unpublished, and have been neglected by former translators.