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1And when every individual knows that they are the best prayers which are the words of Zaratist *, and, even so, his is a wise reward for those which are yours }8. 60. It is perfect zs the excellence of righteousness ; it is perfect excellence ¢hat zs righteousness. 1 See Pahl. Yas. XLVIII, 104, b. ® See Pahl. Yas. XLIX, gc. 5 See Pahl. Yas. L, 1b. The MS. has bfin, instead of bar4, by mistake. * Ibid. 3c. 5 Ibid. 8a. * Ibid. 8b. 7 Thid. 15 a. ® Ibid. 16a, and Bk. VII, Chap. XI, 1. ® Ibid. 17 a, and Bk. VIII, Chap. XXXVIII, 68. 10 Tbid. 18 a. 1 JTbid. 20c, 12 See Pahl. Yas. LII, 1a. 8 Ibid. 7a. Digitized by Google DETAILS OF THE NASKS FROM OTHER SOURCES. OBSERVATIONS. 1-5. (The same as on page 2.) 6. The manuscripts mentioned are :— B (written a.p. 1659), see page 2. Bzg (written a.p. 1679), a Persian Riv4yat, No. 29 in the University Library at Bombay. DH (written a. p. 1813), a Din-vigirgard in the library of Dast@r Héshangji Jam4spji at Poona. K35 (probably written a.p. 1572), a Dadistén-t Dinik, No. 35 in the University Library at Kopenhagen. Mf4, Pt4 (written about a.p. 1780), in the Mulla Firiz Library and in that of DastOr Peshotanji Behramji in Bombay, respectively, both copied from a Yasna with Pahlavi, written in Iran and brought to India about a.p. 1478, which was a descendant of an ancestor of J2 and Ks, and independent of those two authorities. MHro (about 150 years old), a Persian Rivayat, No. 10 of Haug’s Collection in the State Library at Munich. O225, a Persian Rivayat in No. 225 of Ouseley’s Collection in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. . FROM THE SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM.. 1. About the three divisions of revelation there is a condensed medium, beneficial amd small, of whose subdivision one category (ragistak6) is collection together; that is, the Ahunavair? itself is a symbol of the Nasks. 2. First, the Ahunavair is apportioned into its three degrees (padm4n), as shown in another chapter; azd by a like system (ragistak) the GAathas%, too, are into three, which are the threelined, four-lined, and five-lined *; even so the Nasks 1 Who was high-priest of Sirk4n, in the south of Persia, towards the end of the ninth century, being contemporary with the last reviser of the Dinkard (see S. B. E., vol. xviii, p. xxvii). This extract from his Selections constitutes the ‘particulars about the Gathas and the connection of the Ahunavair with the Nasks,’ mentioned in the final footnote to Zs. XI, 10. For the Pahlavi text the translator is dependent upon a single MS., copied from K35 when this latter MS. was complete, and said to be now in the library of Dastfir Jamaspji Minochiharji in Bombay. * See Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 7. 5 The word g4s4n6 is usually written like dahisné in the MS.
2XI, 10. For the Pahlavi text the translator is dependent upon a single MS., copied from K35 when this latter MS. was complete, and said to be now in the library of Dastfir Jamaspji Minochiharji in Bombay. * See Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 7. 5 The word g4s4n6 is usually written like dahisné in the MS. ‘ The three-lined stanzas of the Gathas are 100 in the Ahunavaiti (Yas. XXVIII-XXXIV), 40 in the Yasna of seven has (Yas. XXXV-XLI), and 22 in the Vohd-khshathra (Yas. LI), altogether 162 three-lined stanzas; the four-lined are one in the Ustavaiti (Yas. XLVI, 15), 41 in the Spezté-mainyfi (Yas. XLVII-L), and nine in the Vahist6isti (Yas. LITI), altogether 51 four-lined stanzas ; (37) pd 402 OTHER DETAILS OF NASKS. are denominated GAthic, Hadha-mathric, and Law. 3. Then the Ahunavair is apportioned into six which they call half-lines (ném-g4s); so, too, the GAthas are into six, which are called the Ahunavaiti GAatha, the Yasna, the Ustavaiti! Gatha, the Spemtamainyi (Sfetamatd) Gatha, the Vohd-khshathra GAatha, avd the Vahistédisti Gatha; even so the Nasks are into six, as the Gathas are into two, which are called one the Gathic creation—wzch is the Yast*—and one the rest of the Gathic; also the Hadha-mathric into two, one the MAathra of the arranger—which is the Pééind and Radé-déd6-aité § —and one the M&thra full of good tokens, which is the rest of the Hadha-mathra; and also the Law into two, one the law against the demons—which is the Vendid4d4—and one the law of Zaratist, whch is the rest of the Law. 4. Then it is apportioned into twenty-one, such as the twenty-one words (marik) of the Ahunavair; a/so the GAthas are znéo twenty-one, which are the Ahunavair, the praise of righteousness, the performance of the good, and from Y4nim-mané unto Airyaman® which, deng and the five-lined stanzas are the remaining 65 in the Ustavaiti (Yas. XLIII-XLVI); making the total of 278 stanzas mentioned in § 5. Yas. XLII is a later supplement to the Yasna of seven has, and, in the MSS. Pt4, Mf4, it is headed as follows :—Avar vaharak6-f heft hédd Yast6 yazisntk bin, ‘the beginning of worshipping as regards the portions of the Yasna of seven has.’ 1 The MS. corrupts these two names into the one word asnavat6 by omitting the syllables afista. * The Stéd-yast, or first of the Gathic Nasks (see Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 9). 8 The third and fourth of the Hadha-mathric Nasks (ibid. 10). ‘ The fifth of the Legal Nasks (ibid. 11). 5 The three sacred formulas, Yath4-ah(-vairy6, Ashem-vohf, SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM. 403 accomplished (4kavd6), are twenty-one; and the Nasks are twenty-one.
3VIII, Chap. I, 9). 8 The third and fourth of the Hadha-mathric Nasks (ibid. 10). ‘ The fifth of the Legal Nasks (ibid. 11). 5 The three sacred formulas, Yath4-ah(-vairy6, Ashem-vohf, SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM. 403 accomplished (4kavd6), are twenty-one; and the Nasks are twenty-one. 5. Then the Gathas are apportioned into 278! stanzas (vééstd); and the Nasks also into 278 categories, every single category having borne a form like a single verse *, as regards how much and how any¢hzng good is indicated, such as the Patkarradistén’, in which what zs legally disputable is reported (péd@4k6); the ZAkhmist4n‘, by which the penalty of assault (zA4khm) is reported; the Stéristan 5, by which the sin and amount of penalty for a wound, as regard beasts of burden and cattle, are reported; the Aratéstaristan*, by which battle is reported; the Pasds-hafrvastén’, by which the customary keeping of sheep in control is reported ; the Gafrd4t-zaritunistan (‘corn-sowing code')*, by which agriculture is reported; the Varistén®, by which an ordeal de¢ug accomplished is reported ; and others of a like description. and Yénhé-hatam, with the seventeen h4s of the five real Gathas, and either the Yasna of seven hds, counted as a single item, or the Airyaman, will make up the twenty-one divisions (compare the names applied to each fargard of the Sfidkar, Varstmansar, and Baké Nasks in Dk. IX). 1 See § 2n; here the MS. has 288, by miswriting, in both occurrences of the ciphers. ® Doubtful ; the text appears to be as follows :—koA4 ragistakd-aé bard} san manak ak gh. ’ See Dk. VIII, Chap. XVI. ‘ Equivalent to Zatamist4n (ibid. Chap. XVII), see Darmesteter’s suggestion (ibid. Chap. XVI, 8 n). 5 Ibid. Chap. XXIV; here spelt St6ritén by mistake. ® Ibid. Chap. XXVI. Ibid. Chap. XXIII; here written Pas(s-haftristan. Ibid. Chap. XXXI, 30-32. Ibid. Chap. XLII; here written Varfstan. pd2 on 404 OTHER DETAILS OF NASKS. 6. Then the Gathas are apportioned into 1016! metrical lines (g4s), and the Nasks into 1000 HAs and Fargards?, and, since the Hadédkht® is the priestly master (rad) of the Nasks, azd the remedy +* (darm6n) which is a perfect statement about the master of the resurrection, the existence of z¢s fargards about the other fargards is therefore 1000 remedies fully combined, deeng the corn and fodder that are shut up (bastak6) when, over that thousand, they supply one that is great, which 2” every way protects them from hail and rain, from the wind which is hot and that which is cold. 7. Then the Gathas are apportioned into 6666 words (m4rik) >, and as 4o the Nasks, too, their own 6666 ordinances (dAd@ist4nd) are therein severed. 8. And the 6666 words, which are in the GAthas, are 1 See Sls. XIII, 50; that this number is correct may be seen from the details given in § 2 n. * See Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 20; here the MS. has 4y find instead of hatd, by miswriting. 8 The sixth of the Gathic Nasks (see Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 9).
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1And when every individual knows that they are the best prayers which are the words of Zaratist *, and, even so, his is a wise reward for those which are yours }8. 60. It is perfect zs the excellence of righteousness ; it is perfect excellence ¢hat zs righteousness. 1 See Pahl. Yas. XLVIII, 104, b. ® See Pahl. Yas. XLIX, gc. 5 See Pahl. Yas. L, 1b. The MS. has bfin, instead of bar4, by mistake. * Ibid. 3c. 5 Ibid. 8a. * Ibid. 8b. 7 Thid. 15 a. ® Ibid. 16a, and Bk. VII, Chap. XI, 1. ® Ibid. 17 a, and Bk. VIII, Chap. XXXVIII, 68. 10 Tbid. 18 a. 1 JTbid. 20c, 12 See Pahl. Yas. LII, 1a. 8 Ibid. 7a. Digitized by Google DETAILS OF THE NASKS FROM OTHER SOURCES. OBSERVATIONS. 1-5. (The same as on page 2.) 6. The manuscripts mentioned are :— B (written a.p. 1659), see page 2. Bzg (written a.p. 1679), a Persian Riv4yat, No. 29 in the University Library at Bombay. DH (written a. p. 1813), a Din-vigirgard in the library of Dast@r Héshangji Jam4spji at Poona. K35 (probably written a.p. 1572), a Dadistén-t Dinik, No. 35 in the University Library at Kopenhagen. Mf4, Pt4 (written about a.p. 1780), in the Mulla Firiz Library and in that of DastOr Peshotanji Behramji in Bombay, respectively, both copied from a Yasna with Pahlavi, written in Iran and brought to India about a.p. 1478, which was a descendant of an ancestor of J2 and Ks, and independent of those two authorities. MHro (about 150 years old), a Persian Rivayat, No. 10 of Haug’s Collection in the State Library at Munich. O225, a Persian Rivayat in No. 225 of Ouseley’s Collection in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. . FROM THE SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM.. 1. About the three divisions of revelation there is a condensed medium, beneficial amd small, of whose subdivision one category (ragistak6) is collection together; that is, the Ahunavair? itself is a symbol of the Nasks. 2. First, the Ahunavair is apportioned into its three degrees (padm4n), as shown in another chapter; azd by a like system (ragistak) the GAathas%, too, are into three, which are the threelined, four-lined, and five-lined *; even so the Nasks 1 Who was high-priest of Sirk4n, in the south of Persia, towards the end of the ninth century, being contemporary with the last reviser of the Dinkard (see S. B. E., vol. xviii, p. xxvii). This extract from his Selections constitutes the ‘particulars about the Gathas and the connection of the Ahunavair with the Nasks,’ mentioned in the final footnote to Zs. XI, 10. For the Pahlavi text the translator is dependent upon a single MS., copied from K35 when this latter MS. was complete, and said to be now in the library of Dastfir Jamaspji Minochiharji in Bombay. * See Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 7. 5 The word g4s4n6 is usually written like dahisné in the MS.
2XI, 10. For the Pahlavi text the translator is dependent upon a single MS., copied from K35 when this latter MS. was complete, and said to be now in the library of Dastfir Jamaspji Minochiharji in Bombay. * See Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 7. 5 The word g4s4n6 is usually written like dahisné in the MS. ‘ The three-lined stanzas of the Gathas are 100 in the Ahunavaiti (Yas. XXVIII-XXXIV), 40 in the Yasna of seven has (Yas. XXXV-XLI), and 22 in the Vohd-khshathra (Yas. LI), altogether 162 three-lined stanzas; the four-lined are one in the Ustavaiti (Yas. XLVI, 15), 41 in the Spezté-mainyfi (Yas. XLVII-L), and nine in the Vahist6isti (Yas. LITI), altogether 51 four-lined stanzas ; (37) pd 402 OTHER DETAILS OF NASKS. are denominated GAthic, Hadha-mathric, and Law. 3. Then the Ahunavair is apportioned into six which they call half-lines (ném-g4s); so, too, the GAthas are into six, which are called the Ahunavaiti GAatha, the Yasna, the Ustavaiti! Gatha, the Spemtamainyi (Sfetamatd) Gatha, the Vohd-khshathra GAatha, avd the Vahistédisti Gatha; even so the Nasks are into six, as the Gathas are into two, which are called one the Gathic creation—wzch is the Yast*—and one the rest of the Gathic; also the Hadha-mathric into two, one the MAathra of the arranger—which is the Pééind and Radé-déd6-aité § —and one the M&thra full of good tokens, which is the rest of the Hadha-mathra; and also the Law into two, one the law against the demons—which is the Vendid4d4—and one the law of Zaratist, whch is the rest of the Law. 4. Then it is apportioned into twenty-one, such as the twenty-one words (marik) of the Ahunavair; a/so the GAthas are znéo twenty-one, which are the Ahunavair, the praise of righteousness, the performance of the good, and from Y4nim-mané unto Airyaman® which, deng and the five-lined stanzas are the remaining 65 in the Ustavaiti (Yas. XLIII-XLVI); making the total of 278 stanzas mentioned in § 5. Yas. XLII is a later supplement to the Yasna of seven has, and, in the MSS. Pt4, Mf4, it is headed as follows :—Avar vaharak6-f heft hédd Yast6 yazisntk bin, ‘the beginning of worshipping as regards the portions of the Yasna of seven has.’ 1 The MS. corrupts these two names into the one word asnavat6 by omitting the syllables afista. * The Stéd-yast, or first of the Gathic Nasks (see Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 9). 8 The third and fourth of the Hadha-mathric Nasks (ibid. 10). ‘ The fifth of the Legal Nasks (ibid. 11). 5 The three sacred formulas, Yath4-ah(-vairy6, Ashem-vohf, SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM. 403 accomplished (4kavd6), are twenty-one; and the Nasks are twenty-one.
3VIII, Chap. I, 9). 8 The third and fourth of the Hadha-mathric Nasks (ibid. 10). ‘ The fifth of the Legal Nasks (ibid. 11). 5 The three sacred formulas, Yath4-ah(-vairy6, Ashem-vohf, SELECTIONS OF ZAD-SPARAM. 403 accomplished (4kavd6), are twenty-one; and the Nasks are twenty-one. 5. Then the Gathas are apportioned into 278! stanzas (vééstd); and the Nasks also into 278 categories, every single category having borne a form like a single verse *, as regards how much and how any¢hzng good is indicated, such as the Patkarradistén’, in which what zs legally disputable is reported (péd@4k6); the ZAkhmist4n‘, by which the penalty of assault (zA4khm) is reported; the Stéristan 5, by which the sin and amount of penalty for a wound, as regard beasts of burden and cattle, are reported; the Aratéstaristan*, by which battle is reported; the Pasds-hafrvastén’, by which the customary keeping of sheep in control is reported ; the Gafrd4t-zaritunistan (‘corn-sowing code')*, by which agriculture is reported; the Varistén®, by which an ordeal de¢ug accomplished is reported ; and others of a like description. and Yénhé-hatam, with the seventeen h4s of the five real Gathas, and either the Yasna of seven hds, counted as a single item, or the Airyaman, will make up the twenty-one divisions (compare the names applied to each fargard of the Sfidkar, Varstmansar, and Baké Nasks in Dk. IX). 1 See § 2n; here the MS. has 288, by miswriting, in both occurrences of the ciphers. ® Doubtful ; the text appears to be as follows :—koA4 ragistakd-aé bard} san manak ak gh. ’ See Dk. VIII, Chap. XVI. ‘ Equivalent to Zatamist4n (ibid. Chap. XVII), see Darmesteter’s suggestion (ibid. Chap. XVI, 8 n). 5 Ibid. Chap. XXIV; here spelt St6ritén by mistake. ® Ibid. Chap. XXVI. Ibid. Chap. XXIII; here written Pas(s-haftristan. Ibid. Chap. XXXI, 30-32. Ibid. Chap. XLII; here written Varfstan. pd2 on 404 OTHER DETAILS OF NASKS. 6. Then the Gathas are apportioned into 1016! metrical lines (g4s), and the Nasks into 1000 HAs and Fargards?, and, since the Hadédkht® is the priestly master (rad) of the Nasks, azd the remedy +* (darm6n) which is a perfect statement about the master of the resurrection, the existence of z¢s fargards about the other fargards is therefore 1000 remedies fully combined, deeng the corn and fodder that are shut up (bastak6) when, over that thousand, they supply one that is great, which 2” every way protects them from hail and rain, from the wind which is hot and that which is cold. 7. Then the Gathas are apportioned into 6666 words (m4rik) >, and as 4o the Nasks, too, their own 6666 ordinances (dAd@ist4nd) are therein severed. 8. And the 6666 words, which are in the GAthas, are 1 See Sls. XIII, 50; that this number is correct may be seen from the details given in § 2 n. * See Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 20; here the MS. has 4y find instead of hatd, by miswriting. 8 The sixth of the Gathic Nasks (see Dk. VIII, Chap. I, 9).
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