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1About advice as to not reverencing the evil spirit and demons, whereby the observing (var’z6) of the several ceremonies and gratifications of the sacred beings woudd de more particularly irregular in any manner whatever, and the damage and 1 A term applied to an idolator. 152 DiNKARD, BOOK VIII. harm owing to those who are irregular and illobservant, through being inclined for that irregularity avd ill-observance, would become an oppressive presidence (padgahih) of the demons over the creatures ; also the vice of clamorous talking (drayan gégth)! and the damage owing thereto, and the pleasure of the demons due to the same and other ¢hings which are irregular. 37. Advice about the reason, habit, azd primitive practice of not chattering, and other good customs, during eating and drinking ; the gratification of the sacred beings owing to that primitive practice of good customs dy mankind, and the unself-devoting (a-khvés-d4k) is he who is not maintaining 27. 38. Through the ceremonial of which sacred being is the greater welcome (m4hm4ndStarth) of a high-priest axd of any good work of each one of the five periods of the day and night; the reward and advantage owing to celebrating the ceremony of each of them separately in its own period, and also other means avd regulations in the same statement. 39. It is righteousness ¢hat zs perfect excellence. Cuaprer XLIV. 1. The Vendid4d? contains particulars of Atharmazd having produced the pleasure of mankind by 1 Whereby the devotions are disturbed, or rendered ineffectual. * Corresponding to the nineteenth word, driguby6é, in the Ahunavair, according to B. P. Riv.; but it is the twentieth Nask in other Rivayats. In the Dinkard its name is semi-Zvaris, either Gvid-shéd4-dad or Vik-shéd4-dad, the Av. data vidaéva, ‘law opposed to the demons.’ In the RivAyats it is called Gud-dévdad, Vendidad, or Vindad, and is stated to consist of twenty-two kardah, or fargards, the number it still contains. It is generally considered that the Vendid4d now extant is a collection of frag- CHAPTER XLIII, 37—-XLIV, 7. 153 that place where they specially make a residence, and the advantage from the same production’. 2. About the formation of sixteen perfect places specially enumerated, and also the adversity which has happened to each separately®. 3. About Athaymaza’s disclosing the religion first among mankind to Yim’; z¢s non-acceptance by Yim owing to attachment (asrfindth) éo the religion of the ancients; avd the acceptance of other things to develope, extend, and improve the world thereby*. 4. About the reason of the needfulness of making the enclosure that Yim made (var-t Yim kavd), the command avd instruction by Adhaymazd to Yim, the making by Yim just as Adhaymazd commanded and instructed, axd whatever is on the same subject ° 5. About what the comfort of the spirit of the earth is most owing to, what z¢s discomfort is more particularly owing to, and from what z¢s greatest gratification Aas arisen °,
2About what the comfort of the spirit of the earth is most owing to, what z¢s discomfort is more particularly owing to, and from what z¢s greatest gratification Aas arisen °, 6. About the sin of pollution owing to carrying a corpse by a single person, eating, however, to that which a dog has not seen’. 7. About the food, ments, but it is evident, from the close correspondence between the author’s description and the present contents, that this fragmentary state of the text existed in his time; and there is every probability that any mutilation that exists in the text occurred before Sasanian times. The author, however, sometimes omits to mention subjects that are repeated, so it is just possible that some of these repetitions are of later date. He also makes no allusion to the twelfth fargard (see § 51 n). 1 Vend. I, 1, 2 (W.). * Vend. I, 3-20. ® See Chap. XIII, 6-8. 4 Vend. II, 1-19. 5 Vend. II, 22-43. 6 Vend. III, 1-13, 22, 23, 34. 7 Vend. III, 14; the latter clause referring to the commentary on Pahl. Vend. III, 48 (Sp.). 154 DiNKARD, BOOK VIII. clothing, and place of 42 who becomes polluted and worthy of death through a corpse, on account of carrying z# alone (aévaké-barth rai)". 8. About how the several precautions of mankind amd other pure creatures are ¢aken, as regards a corpse * which has become polluted by another corpse *. 9. About the pleasure of the spirit of the earth owing to sowing and tilling, and zts vexation owing to not sowing and not tilling; the blessing upon the sowers, and the advantage and merit owing to sowing, on account of particulars about the nourishment and protection of the religion thereby*. 10. About the destruction of the demons whzch arises from the sprouting, growing, azd ripening of corn ; and the good success of mankind from the eating of zt, 11. About the sin of burying a corpse through sinfulness, ad for how much time is the uselessness of the ground in which the burial may be performed®. 12. About the power of the good religion for wiping away sin from human beings *. 13. About the sin of deceiving éy an avaricious person (pastd) as regards what he has consumed and given, and the grievousness of other breaches of promise ; the danger, even in the worldly exzstence, from maintaining him, avd the retribution z¢ zs important for him to make ®. 1 Vend. III, 15-19. 3 The person polluted in this manner being considered as unclean as the corpse itself. 5 Vend. III, 20, 21 and perhaps some commentary on Pahl. Vend. III, 71 (Sp.) now lost. * Vend. III, 23-31. 5 Vend. III, 32, 33. § Vend. III, 36-40. 7 Vend. III, 41, 42. ® Vend. IV, 1-16. CHAPTER XLIv, 8-18. 155 14. About where ¢heve zs steadfastness in the religion ¢heve ts also a manifestation of this: when one becomes liberal—as to every benefit that exists for him—towards those of the same religion who come forward with a request'. 15. About the extent of sleeping in the day and night, azd other matters as to occupation whzch occurs daily*.
315. About the extent of sleeping in the day and night, azd other matters as to occupation whzch occurs daily*. 16. About the grievous sinfulness of having taken a false oath, so that, apart even from the testifying retribution of the property, the oath taken thereon has also an efficacy very much for the accusers, which, on account of Mitv63, Srésh, and Rashnd, is an awful destroyer amd adversary for one’s own person, wife, child, and property; a/so the grievous bridge-jadgment which is an appendage to one’s own soul ¢, 17. About the sin of bringing firewood, with which dead matter® is mingled, to a fire; axd this too, that is, how azd when one is innocent therein °, 18. About a ditch (g61), which is not always a stream (n@v6), when the water as to pass through it, and also that which is always a stream, when ome wants to increase the water therein, how often azd how one ' Vend. IV, 44. 3 Vend. IV, 45. 5 Av, Mithré, the angel of the sun’s light, friendly to man, and, hence, insisting upon the fulfilment of every promise (mithré6). He is supposed to keep an account of all breaches of promise (see Dd. XIV, 3), and to mediate between the departed soul and its accusers (see Mkh. II, 118), in doing which he co-operates with the angels of obedience (Srésh, see Chap. IX, 3 n) and justice (Rashnfi, see Chap. XX, 153 n) who estimate and weigh its good works and sins, and decide upon its fate at the bridge of judgment. “ Vend. IV, 46, 50-55. 5 See Chap. XXVII, 4n. ® Vend. V, 1-4. 156 DINKARD, BOOK VIII. has to inspect ¢hem for fear of dead matter having been there 1. 19. About death which is by reason of water or fire, and does not occur through the supremacy of water or fire, but is owing to the demons*®. 20. About the great advantage owing to rain, and connected with raining on dead matter and the bodily refuse * of depositories for the dead*. 21. About the greatness and goodness of ‘the law opposed to the demons’® for cleansing, as compared with other utterances °, . 22. About pollution owing to bodily contact (hamkerpakth) with a corpse, and éo bodily contact with him who is in bodily contact with a corpse’, 23. About the wicked villain who zs an unrighteous apostate alive, and abstaining from association (avakth) wth him*®. 24. About how long is the time of pollution ofa house in which a dog or human being passes away, the carrying away theretofore of anything going thereto, avd the avoidance of zt; the place into which any one goes out, the feeding, and other things in that house within three steps, and whatever is on the same subject®. 25. About a woman whose child dies in the womb, azd which becomes dead matter ; avd whatever is on the same subject ', 1 Vend. V, 5-7; but the last clause refers to a Pahlavi commentary found only in the manuscripts. 2 Vend. V, 8, 9. 5 See Chap. XIX, 3. * Vend. V, 15-20. 5 The Vendid§d itself, see § rn. 6 Vend. V, 22-25. 7 Vend. V, 27-34. 5 Vend. V, 35-38.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1About advice as to not reverencing the evil spirit and demons, whereby the observing (var’z6) of the several ceremonies and gratifications of the sacred beings woudd de more particularly irregular in any manner whatever, and the damage and 1 A term applied to an idolator. 152 DiNKARD, BOOK VIII. harm owing to those who are irregular and illobservant, through being inclined for that irregularity avd ill-observance, would become an oppressive presidence (padgahih) of the demons over the creatures ; also the vice of clamorous talking (drayan gégth)! and the damage owing thereto, and the pleasure of the demons due to the same and other ¢hings which are irregular. 37. Advice about the reason, habit, azd primitive practice of not chattering, and other good customs, during eating and drinking ; the gratification of the sacred beings owing to that primitive practice of good customs dy mankind, and the unself-devoting (a-khvés-d4k) is he who is not maintaining 27. 38. Through the ceremonial of which sacred being is the greater welcome (m4hm4ndStarth) of a high-priest axd of any good work of each one of the five periods of the day and night; the reward and advantage owing to celebrating the ceremony of each of them separately in its own period, and also other means avd regulations in the same statement. 39. It is righteousness ¢hat zs perfect excellence. Cuaprer XLIV. 1. The Vendid4d? contains particulars of Atharmazd having produced the pleasure of mankind by 1 Whereby the devotions are disturbed, or rendered ineffectual. * Corresponding to the nineteenth word, driguby6é, in the Ahunavair, according to B. P. Riv.; but it is the twentieth Nask in other Rivayats. In the Dinkard its name is semi-Zvaris, either Gvid-shéd4-dad or Vik-shéd4-dad, the Av. data vidaéva, ‘law opposed to the demons.’ In the RivAyats it is called Gud-dévdad, Vendidad, or Vindad, and is stated to consist of twenty-two kardah, or fargards, the number it still contains. It is generally considered that the Vendid4d now extant is a collection of frag- CHAPTER XLIII, 37—-XLIV, 7. 153 that place where they specially make a residence, and the advantage from the same production’. 2. About the formation of sixteen perfect places specially enumerated, and also the adversity which has happened to each separately®. 3. About Athaymaza’s disclosing the religion first among mankind to Yim’; z¢s non-acceptance by Yim owing to attachment (asrfindth) éo the religion of the ancients; avd the acceptance of other things to develope, extend, and improve the world thereby*. 4. About the reason of the needfulness of making the enclosure that Yim made (var-t Yim kavd), the command avd instruction by Adhaymazd to Yim, the making by Yim just as Adhaymazd commanded and instructed, axd whatever is on the same subject ° 5. About what the comfort of the spirit of the earth is most owing to, what z¢s discomfort is more particularly owing to, and from what z¢s greatest gratification Aas arisen °,
2About what the comfort of the spirit of the earth is most owing to, what z¢s discomfort is more particularly owing to, and from what z¢s greatest gratification Aas arisen °, 6. About the sin of pollution owing to carrying a corpse by a single person, eating, however, to that which a dog has not seen’. 7. About the food, ments, but it is evident, from the close correspondence between the author’s description and the present contents, that this fragmentary state of the text existed in his time; and there is every probability that any mutilation that exists in the text occurred before Sasanian times. The author, however, sometimes omits to mention subjects that are repeated, so it is just possible that some of these repetitions are of later date. He also makes no allusion to the twelfth fargard (see § 51 n). 1 Vend. I, 1, 2 (W.). * Vend. I, 3-20. ® See Chap. XIII, 6-8. 4 Vend. II, 1-19. 5 Vend. II, 22-43. 6 Vend. III, 1-13, 22, 23, 34. 7 Vend. III, 14; the latter clause referring to the commentary on Pahl. Vend. III, 48 (Sp.). 154 DiNKARD, BOOK VIII. clothing, and place of 42 who becomes polluted and worthy of death through a corpse, on account of carrying z# alone (aévaké-barth rai)". 8. About how the several precautions of mankind amd other pure creatures are ¢aken, as regards a corpse * which has become polluted by another corpse *. 9. About the pleasure of the spirit of the earth owing to sowing and tilling, and zts vexation owing to not sowing and not tilling; the blessing upon the sowers, and the advantage and merit owing to sowing, on account of particulars about the nourishment and protection of the religion thereby*. 10. About the destruction of the demons whzch arises from the sprouting, growing, azd ripening of corn ; and the good success of mankind from the eating of zt, 11. About the sin of burying a corpse through sinfulness, ad for how much time is the uselessness of the ground in which the burial may be performed®. 12. About the power of the good religion for wiping away sin from human beings *. 13. About the sin of deceiving éy an avaricious person (pastd) as regards what he has consumed and given, and the grievousness of other breaches of promise ; the danger, even in the worldly exzstence, from maintaining him, avd the retribution z¢ zs important for him to make ®. 1 Vend. III, 15-19. 3 The person polluted in this manner being considered as unclean as the corpse itself. 5 Vend. III, 20, 21 and perhaps some commentary on Pahl. Vend. III, 71 (Sp.) now lost. * Vend. III, 23-31. 5 Vend. III, 32, 33. § Vend. III, 36-40. 7 Vend. III, 41, 42. ® Vend. IV, 1-16. CHAPTER XLIv, 8-18. 155 14. About where ¢heve zs steadfastness in the religion ¢heve ts also a manifestation of this: when one becomes liberal—as to every benefit that exists for him—towards those of the same religion who come forward with a request'. 15. About the extent of sleeping in the day and night, azd other matters as to occupation whzch occurs daily*.
315. About the extent of sleeping in the day and night, azd other matters as to occupation whzch occurs daily*. 16. About the grievous sinfulness of having taken a false oath, so that, apart even from the testifying retribution of the property, the oath taken thereon has also an efficacy very much for the accusers, which, on account of Mitv63, Srésh, and Rashnd, is an awful destroyer amd adversary for one’s own person, wife, child, and property; a/so the grievous bridge-jadgment which is an appendage to one’s own soul ¢, 17. About the sin of bringing firewood, with which dead matter® is mingled, to a fire; axd this too, that is, how azd when one is innocent therein °, 18. About a ditch (g61), which is not always a stream (n@v6), when the water as to pass through it, and also that which is always a stream, when ome wants to increase the water therein, how often azd how one ' Vend. IV, 44. 3 Vend. IV, 45. 5 Av, Mithré, the angel of the sun’s light, friendly to man, and, hence, insisting upon the fulfilment of every promise (mithré6). He is supposed to keep an account of all breaches of promise (see Dd. XIV, 3), and to mediate between the departed soul and its accusers (see Mkh. II, 118), in doing which he co-operates with the angels of obedience (Srésh, see Chap. IX, 3 n) and justice (Rashnfi, see Chap. XX, 153 n) who estimate and weigh its good works and sins, and decide upon its fate at the bridge of judgment. “ Vend. IV, 46, 50-55. 5 See Chap. XXVII, 4n. ® Vend. V, 1-4. 156 DINKARD, BOOK VIII. has to inspect ¢hem for fear of dead matter having been there 1. 19. About death which is by reason of water or fire, and does not occur through the supremacy of water or fire, but is owing to the demons*®. 20. About the great advantage owing to rain, and connected with raining on dead matter and the bodily refuse * of depositories for the dead*. 21. About the greatness and goodness of ‘the law opposed to the demons’® for cleansing, as compared with other utterances °, . 22. About pollution owing to bodily contact (hamkerpakth) with a corpse, and éo bodily contact with him who is in bodily contact with a corpse’, 23. About the wicked villain who zs an unrighteous apostate alive, and abstaining from association (avakth) wth him*®. 24. About how long is the time of pollution ofa house in which a dog or human being passes away, the carrying away theretofore of anything going thereto, avd the avoidance of zt; the place into which any one goes out, the feeding, and other things in that house within three steps, and whatever is on the same subject®. 25. About a woman whose child dies in the womb, azd which becomes dead matter ; avd whatever is on the same subject ', 1 Vend. V, 5-7; but the last clause refers to a Pahlavi commentary found only in the manuscripts. 2 Vend. V, 8, 9. 5 See Chap. XIX, 3. * Vend. V, 15-20. 5 The Vendid§d itself, see § rn. 6 Vend. V, 22-25. 7 Vend. V, 27-34. 5 Vend. V, 35-38.
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