Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lx : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LX. 1. "As to" the fifty-ninth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: What is the sin owing to not appointing "an adopted son?" 2. The reply is this, that "for the man" himself "it" is allowable when he gives up all...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxxix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXXIX. 1. "As to" the eighty-eighth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: When a man resolves within himself thus: '"In" the summer 1 time I "will" go into Prs, and will give so much money for the high-priesthood...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xlvii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XLVII. 1. "As to" the forty-sixth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: At a sacred feast (myazd) 3 of those of the good religion, in which "there" are fifty or a hundred men, more or less, just as it happens, and seven...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 212 CHAPTER LXIX. 1. "As to" the sixty-eighth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: When "something" takes hold of the moon "or" sun what is then its residence (khn), "and" whence does it always seize upon "it?" 2. The reply...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxvi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXVI. 1. The twenty-fifth question is that which you ask thus: How are the nature of heaven (vahi"s"t), "and" the comfort and pleasure which are in heaven? 2. The reply is this, that "it is" lofty, exalted, and p. 57 supreme, most...
Epistle Of Manuskihar Ii. Chapter I : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 325 EPISTLE II. TO HIS BROTHER, Z"D"-SPARAM. Copy of an epistle of the priest Mn"s"k"har, son of Ydn-Yim, which "was" prepared by him for the priest, "his" brother, Z"d"-sparam 1. CHAPTER I. 1. "In" the name of the sacred beings who...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Ix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER IX. 1. The eighth question is that which you ask thus: Of him who, out of his "own" wealth, himself directed others thus: 'Let them act advantageously (khan"g"nak) for my soul,' is it so that what others may do for him out of th...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter V : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER V. 1. That writing which comes amid the writing of your epistle is a correct fragment 1 as regards the nothing in which "one" is to change the operation properly maintainable, and it is becoming; because, if it be even for him, by...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxx : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXX. 1. "As to" the sixty-ninth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: What are these river-beds 3, and what is the cause of them; whence do they always arise, "and" why is "there" not a river-bed every-where "and in"...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxxvii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXXVII. 1. "As to" the thirty-sixth question and reply, that which you ask is thus: How shall they produce the resurrection, how do they prepare the dead, and when the dead are prepared by them, how are they? 2. When it is produced...
Introduction. 3. The Epistles Of Manuskihar : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], 3. THE EPISTLES OF MN"S"K"HAR. It has been already stated (see pp, xiii, xiv) that Z"d"-sparam, a younger brother of Mn"s"k"har, after having been at Sarakhs, in the extreme north-east of Khursn, where he seems to have associated with...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXV. 1. The twenty-fourth question is that which you ask thus: When he who is wicked shall die, where is the place the soul sits the first night, the second, and the third; and what does it say and do? 2. The reply is this, th...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter Vi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER VI. 1. "As to" that which is written in that epistle, that in the teaching of Sshns he thus states, that 'of both the purifiers necessary he is suitable by whom the ritual is performed 3,' they have been similarly very unanimous...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXI. 1. The twentieth question is that which you ask thus: How are the "K"inva"d" bridge, the Dtih peak ("k"ak"d"), and the path of the righteous and wicked; p. 48 how "are they" when "one" is righteous, and how when "one" is...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxviii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXVIII. 1. The twenty-seventh question is that which you ask thus: Why and what is "the ceremony of" p. 59 the three "nights" (sath), when during three days they order and perform the sacred-cake ceremony (ya"z"i"s"n drn) of Srsh...
Epistle Of Manuskihar Ii. Chapter Vi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER VI. 1. When at "any" time I write more pleasantly, this directs "you" to understand that still with the steadfast, are my affection and natural lowly-mindedness; afterwards, too, that which "happens" when you have kept me wide away...
Epistle Of Manuskihar Ii. Chapter V : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER V. 1. If this which is said by you be a knowledge that is replete (a"v"kr) with advantage, why was it then necessary for you to keep "it" as "it were" concealed 2 from me, when I thus consider that, if a knowledge should be rightly...
Dadistan I Dinik. Observations : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 2 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...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxxi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXXI. 1. "As to" the eightieth question and reply, that which you ask is thus: What is the purpose of this "ceremony for" the living soul 3, "and" why 4 is it necessary p. 238 to order "it?" 2. And, whenever "one" orders it, how...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxxiii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXXIII. 1. "As to" the thirty-second question and reply, that which you ask is thus: In which direction and which land is hell, and how is it? 2. The reply is this, that the place of a soul of the wicked, after the dying off 2...
Appendix. Corrections : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 478 p. 479 CORRECTIONS. P. 66, line 15; p. 67, l. 7; for 'Mitr,' read 'Mit"r".' P. 198, lines 1, 3, for 'the Supreme Being' and 'the Being' read 'God (ydat),' and cancel note 1. P. 109, note 2, add 'Malks has also been read Marks...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Li : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 178 CHAPTER LI. 1. The fiftieth question is that which you ask thus: "As to one" of the good religion who drinks wine immoderately, and loss "and" injury happen to him owing to that immoderate drinking, what is then the decisi...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xliii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XLIII. 1. "As to" the forty-second question and reply, that which you ask is thus: "Regarding" a man who is consecrating a sacred cake 3, and the fire is his household attendant (khavag- mn) from afar, when he sees "it", at how...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXI. 1. "As to" the sixtieth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: What is the propriety "and" impropriety, the merit "and" demerit, of family guardianship? 2. The reply is this, that the merit is the appointment "and"...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxxviii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXXVIII. 1. "As to" the eighty-seventh question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: "As" family householders we of the good religion of Irn, before each "celebration of" all the religious rites with holy-water 3 which they...
Appendix. V. Finding A Corpse In The Wilderness : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 455 V. FINDING A CORPSE IN THE WILDERNESS. THE controversy between Mn"s"k"har and his brother, Z"d"-sparam, of. which the Epistles of Mn"s"k"har are the only portion extant, turned chiefly upon the meaning to be attached to Vend. VIII...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxxiv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXXIV. 1. "As to" the eighty-third question and reply, that which you ask is thus: Is it desirable to give p. 246 in excess the gift "for" the ceremonial "which" it is not desirable to diminish? 2. The reply is this, that "it" is...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter I : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 3 D"D"ISTN- DNK. SOME chapters of the enquiries which Mit"r"-khrsh"d", son of t"r"-mahn 1, and others of the good religion made of the glorified (anoshak-rbn) Mn"s"k"har 2, son of Ydn-Yim, and the replies given by him in explanati...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxxvi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXXVI. 1. The thirty-fifth question is that which you ask thus: Who are they who are requisite in producing the renovation "of the universe", who were they, "and" how are they? 2. The reply is this, that of those assignable...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxiv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXIV. 1. "As to" the sixty-third question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Whence "was" the first creation of mankind, and how was the formation of the original race of men? 2. What issued from Gymar"d" 4, "and" what did it...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxxi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXXI. 1. The thirtieth question is that which you ask thus: When a soul of the righteous goes on to heaven, in what manner does it go; also, who receives it, who leads 2 "it", and who makes it a household attendant 3...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Iv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER IV. 1. The third question is that you ask thus: For what reason does this greatness 1 of a righteous man exist? 2. The reply is this, that "it" is for the performance of what is desirable for the creator by the Ma"z"d"a-worshipper;...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter X : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER X. 1. And "as to" the many other "matters to" which an explicit reply is not written by me--be it the determinableness of it, be it, the flow of "inward" prayer 2, be it the pouring of the water, and likewise the rest which is...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xli : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XLI. 1. "As to" the fortieth question and reply, that which you ask is thus: Of those whose decision is this, that it is not necessary to be steadfast in the religion of the Ma"z"d"a-worshippers--by "which" decision this is...
Title Page : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], PAHLAVI TEXTS Translated By E. W. WEST PART II THE D"D"ISTN- DNK AND THE EPISTLES OF MN"S"K"HAR Clarendon: Oxford University Press [1882] NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned , August 2005. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxxviii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXXVIII. 1. "As to" the thirty-seventh question and reply, that which you ask is thus: The measure that they p. 121 measure good works "with being" revealed 1, how is it then "when" there is more, or not, done by us? 2. The reply...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxvii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXVII. 1. The twenty-sixth question is that which you ask thus: How are the nature of hell, "and" the pain, discomfort 2, punishment, and stench of hell? 2. The reply is this, that "it is" sunken, deep, and descending, most dark...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xc : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XC. 1. "As to" the eighty-ninth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Who, and how many are they who are without the religion (adnh) "but" are made immortal, and for what purpose is their immortality? 2. Where is...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXIX. 1. The twenty-eighth question is that you ask thus: For what reason is it not allowable to perform p. 61 the ceremony of Srsh, the living spirit (ahv) 1, "along" with other propitiations (shnman) 2, when they reverence him...
Introduction. 4. The Appendix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], 4. THE APPENDIX. For the sake of elucidating certain matters, mentioned in the writings of Mn"s"k"har, further information than could be given in the foot-notes has been added in the shape of an appendix. To a brief summary of the Avest...
Appendix. Iv. The Bareshnum Ceremony : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 431 IV. THE BARESHNM CEREMONY. THE great ceremony of purification for any Parsi man or woman who has become unclean by contact with the dead, or through any other serious defilement, lasts for nine nights, and is called the Bareshnm...
Appendix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 459 INDEX p. 460 OBSERVATIONS. 1. The references in this index are to the pages of the introduction and appendix, and to the chapters and sections of the translations; the chapters being denoted by the larger ciphers, or by roman type...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xliv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XLIV. 1. "As to" the forty-third question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: "There is" a man who is super-intending (avar-mndakak) and skilful, in whom great skill as regards religion is provided, and the high-priest's duty...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 233 CHAPTER LXXIX. 1. "As to" the seventy-eighth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: What is the decision "about" water "with" the "word" Ith 1 and "him who" shall drink it? 2. When a man "has" performed his ritual "and"...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxxii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXXII. 1. The thirty-first question is that which you ask thus: When he who is wicked goes to hell, how p. 71 does he go, "and in" what manner does he go; also, who comes to meet him, and who leads him 1 to hell; also, does any one...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xviii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 43 CHAPTER XVIII. 1. The seventeenth question is that you ask thus: Is it better when they give "it" to the birds, or what mode is better? 2. The reply is this, that after showing the dog--the reason of which is as declared 1 in its own...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xciv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XCIV. 1. And 3 those of the primitive faith, the ancients of those acquainted with the religion 4, thus considered, "that" in the "spirit of" life (ahv) 5 there is p. 270 a thought and one appointed who 1 holds the position (gs)...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xiv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XIV. 1. The thirteenth question is that which you ask thus: 'Who should prepare the account of the soul as to sin and good works, and in what place should they make it up? "And" when punishment is inflicted by them, where is their...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LIX. 1. "As to" the fifty-eighth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: For how much property is it then necessary to appoint an adopted son? 2. The reply is this, that when the property which "has" remained his for whom...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxiv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 221 CHAPTER LXXIV. 1. "As to" the seventy-third question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Is "there any" discomfiture (vn"d"rh) of the archangels from that stench, or not? 2. The reply is this, that the archangels are immortal...
Dadistan I Dinik. Title Page : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 1 D"D"ISTN- DNK OR THE RELIGIOUS OPINIONS OF MN"S"K"HAR, SON OF YDN-YIM, DASTR OF PARS AND KIRMN, A.D. 881.
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxiii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXIII. 1. The twenty-second question is that which you ask thus: When they shall snatch forth the life from the body of man how does it depart? 2. The reply is this, that "it" is said "to be" in resemblance such as when the redness...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XIX. 1. The eighteenth question is that which you ask thus: When the souls of the righteous "and" the souls of the wicked go out to the spirits, will it then be possible for them to see Aha"r"ma"z"d" and Aharman 2, or not? 2...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Liv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LIV. 1. "As to" the fifty-third question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: A man whose wife, daughters, sisters, and relations are many, and "who" is the master of much wealth, becomes sick, "and" during the sickness "has"...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxiv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXIV. 1. The twenty-third question is that which you ask thus: When he who is righteous passes away, where is the place the soul sits the first night, the second, and the third; and what does it do? 2. The reply is this, that thus...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XI. 1. The tenth question is that which you ask thus: Does the growth which increases become as commendable in the fourth night 2 as the original good work 3 in "his" possession, or does it become otherwise? 2. The reply is this...
Epistle Of Manuskihar Ii. Chapter Ii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER II. 1. I "have" also examined that writing 2 in detail, and "it" is very unprepared for the remarks of the learned and those acquainted with the religion, for the sentences concocted "have" to be divided, and the slender...
Introduction. Abbreviations Used In This Volume : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. xxxi ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME. Acc. for accusative case; Af. Zarat. for fringn-i Zarat"s"t; anc. Pers. for ancient Persian; App. for Appendix to this volume; Ar. for Arabic; AV. for the Book of Ar"d"-Vrf, ed. Hoshangji...
Appendix. Ii. The Nirang I Kusti : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 383 II. THE NRANG-I KUST. THE Nrang-i Kust, or girdle formula, is a religious rite which a Parsi man or woman ought to perform every time the hands have been washed, whether for the sake of cleanliness, or in preparation for prayer; but...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXI. 1. "As to" the seventieth question and reply, that which you ask is thus; Is anything which happens p. 215 unto men through fate or through action, is exertion destiny "or" without destiny, "and" does anything devoid...
Untitled : PAHLAVI TEXTS PART II: THE D"D"ISTN- DNK AND THE EPISTLES OF MN"S"K"HAR SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST, VOL. 18 E.W. West [1882] Title Page Contents INTRODUCTION 1. General Remarks 2. The D"d"istn- Dnk 3. The Epistles of Mn"s"k"har 4. The Appendix Abbreviations Used In This Volume DDISTN- DNK Title Page...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter Ii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 282 CHAPTER II. 1. Then comes that itself 1 which is dictated "in" the middle of your epistle, "and", thereupon, it lays hold of me, and, owing to its hellish gloom, pallid appearance, "and" hellish effect, benediction is perplexedly...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xlix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 174 CHAPTER XLIX. 1. "As to" the forty-eighth question and reply, that which you ask is thus: "As to them" who shall buy corn and keep "it" in store until it shall become dear, "and" shall then sell it at a high price (pavan girnh)...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lviii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LVIII. 1. The fifty-seventh question is that which you ask thus: How many kinds of family guardianship and adoption are "there?" 2. The reply is this, that it is said "there" are three kinds, which are the existent, the provided...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Iii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER III. 1. The second is that which you ask thus: For what purpose is a righteous man created for the world, and in what manner is it necessary for him to exist in the world? 2. The reply is this, that the creator created...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxxix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 122 CHAPTER XXXIX. 1. "As to" the thirty-eighth question and reply, that which you ask is thus What are the reason and cause of tying "on" the "sacred thread"-girdle (kstk) 1 which, when they shall tie "it" on is said "to be" so greatly...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXII. 1. "As to" the seventy-first question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: What are the heinous sins of committing unnatural intercourse, is it proper to order "or" perform the "sacred" ceremony for him who shall commit...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LII. 1. "As to" the fifty-first question "and" reply, that "which" you ask is thus: "There is" a man who hands over a dirham 2 as regards five bushels (kaf"z") of p. 181 wheat, thus: 'I give this to thee as an instalment (bn-ae) 1...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xvii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XVII. 1. The sixteenth question is that which you ask thus: What is the purpose 1 of giving up a corpse to the birds? 2. The reply is this, that the construction of the body of those passed "away" is so wonderful that two...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxxvii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXXVII. 1. "As to" the eighty-sixth question and reply, that which you ask is thus: How is it good when they give a gift "for" the ceremonial? p. 250 2. The reply is this, that as it is necessary, so that the ceremonial...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxvii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 210 CHAPTER LXVII. 1. "As to" the sixty-sixth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: What is this appearance 1 which is girded on the sky? 2. The reply is this, that "it is" a mingling of the brilliance of the sun with mist...
Epistle Of Manuskihar Ii. Chapter Vii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER VII. 1. A well-reflecting "person", moreover, is able to understand that which is written by me, in private, in writing unto the good "people" of Srkn, as perhaps a legitimate copy 5 of a writing of that kind from p. 351 me "may...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter Iv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER IV. 1. I "have" also seen the spiritual life 3 in the writing which is in such statements of incompleteness 4, "and" owing to the same reason they should not cease from the operation 5 of washing you--whom may the angels protect...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xciii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 264 CHAPTER XCIII. 1. "As to" the ninety-second question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: From what place should T"s"tar 1 seize the water? How does it pass into a cloud, and how does he make the cloud move on? How does it r...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Viii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER VIII. 1. The seventh question is that you ask thus: When a man is passing "away", "and" after the occurrence of his passing "away", how does the good work p. 27 then go to him "and" assist him, which any others may do for him who...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xl : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XL. 1. "As to" the thirty-ninth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: What kind of goodness and want of goodness can there be "in" the "sacred thread"-girdle and shirt; "and" what are the sin of running about uncovered...
Epistle Of Manuskihar Ii. Chapter Iv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER IV. 1. "It" 4 is both explained again "and" summarized "thus":--If the decree be from a law of Zarat"s"t, is it so decreed as he spoke it? and if they should never perform by that, do not bring the Avesta "and its" expositi...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XV. 1. The fourteenth question is that which you ask thus: Is the eradication of life the gnawing of dogs and birds upon the corpse? And does the sin of those who suppose "it" 3 a sin proceed from "that" origin, or not? 2...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxviii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXVIII. 1. "As to" the seventy-seventh question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: "As to" the nature of the heinousness "and" sinfulness of committing adultery, "and" the worldly retribution specified "for it" in revelati...
Appendix. I. Legends Relation To Keresasp : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 367 APPENDIX. I. LEGENDS RELATING TO KERESSP. II. THE NRANG-I KUST. III. THE MEANING OF KHVTK-DAS. IV. THE BARESHNM CEREMONY. V. FINDING A CORPSE IN THE WILDERNESS. p. 368 OBSERVATIONS. 1. For all divisions of the translations...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXV. 1. "As to" the seventy-fourth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Do the angels have "his" dead "body" restored, or not? 2. The reply is this, that "there" was a high-priest who said that the angels do not have...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xlv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XLV. 1. The forty-fourth question is that which you ask thus: Of priesthood (arpath) or discipleship (hvi"s"th) which is the priest's duty (arpath), "and" which the disciple"'s"; which is that which it is necessary to have...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxxiii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 244 CHAPTER LXXXIII. 1. "As to" the eighty-second question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Is it necessary for a priestly man 1 "that" he should undertake all the religious rites and other ceremonials, or in what way is it? 2...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xiii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XIII. 1. The twelfth question is that which you ask thus: In the fourth night do they score off (ba"r" angrnd) the sin by the good works, and does he go by the residue (bn); or do they inflict punishment on him for the sin which...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter Ix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER IX. 1. And "as to" that which is written 1, that '"the teachings of" M"d"yk-mh, Afarg, and Sshns 2 have all three come "and" remained, and, on that account, whoever "has" washed just as they always wash therein is certain that he...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Vii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER VII. 1. The sixth question is that which you ask thus: Why are we men produced for the world, and what is it necessary for us to do therein? 2. The reply is this, that even in the reply to an accompanying question 2 "it" is written...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xlii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XLII. 1. "As to" the forty-first question and reply, that which you ask is thus: "As to" him who remains in the good religion of the Ma"z"d"a-worshippers, "whom" men shall make the protection and assistance of the good religion 4...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xx : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 46 CHAPTER XX. 1. The nineteenth question is that you ask thus: To what place do the righteous and wicked 1 go? 2. The reply is this, that it is thus said that the souls of those passed "away and" of the dead 2 are three nights...
Epistle Of Manuskihar Ii. Chapter Ix : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 354 CHAPTER IX. 1. This, too, this aged "one" (azvr"d" 1) orders, that, "as to" the polluted of the countries of Irn, when they do not obtain another washer, their way is then through thoroughly washing "themselves" 2. 2. For you who...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxx : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 237 CHAPTER LXXX. 1. "As to" the seventy-ninth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Concerning him who does not order "ceremonies" what is then the decision? 2. The reply is this, that, excepting those. among which is...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxxvi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 248 CHAPTER LXXXVI. 1. "As to" the eighty-fifth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: What is possible to become the harm of a gift "that" is reduced? 2. The reply is this, that since "those things" are to be properly given...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xci : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 259 CHAPTER XCI. 1. "As to" the ninetieth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: From what is the sky made, "and" with what is it prepared? 2. The reply is this, that the sky is a dome (gardn), wide "and" lofty; its inside...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxxiv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 76 CHAPTER XXXIV. 1. "As to" the thirty-third question and reply, that which you ask is thus: In what manner is there one way of the righteous from the Dtih peak 1 to heaven, and one of the wicked to hell; and "what is" their nature? 2...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxvi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXVI. 1. "As to" the sixty-fifth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: "There is" a man of wealth of the good religion who fully intends to order a "celebration of" all "the rites" of his religion; and a priest of it...
Appendix. Iii. The Meaning Of Khvetuk D : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 389 III. THE MEANING OF KHVTK-DAS OR KHVTD"D". THAT the term Khvtk-das is applied to marriages between kinsfolk is admitted by the Parsis, but they consider that such marriages were never contracted by their ancestors within the first...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Vi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER VI. 1. The fifth question is that you ask thus: Why does evil always happen more "to" the good than to the bad? 2. The reply is this, that not "at" every time and every place, "and" not "to" all the good, does evil happen more...
Epistle Of Manuskihar Ii. Chapter Iii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER III. 1. "It" is disquieting about this, too, which is declared in your writing 3, as regards "your" vehement desire and embarrassment (rzdh) for a new law, and "your" wish and longing. for the establishment of the law...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxiii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXIII. 1. The sixty-second question is that which you ask thus: Would they authorisedly carry off any property whatever from foreigners and infidels, or not? 2. The reply is this, that wealth and property and anything th...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xcii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XCII. 1. "As to" the ninety-first question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Of waters and rivers, and whatever water is good, is Arekdvisr 2 the greatest (mas), or "some" other water or good river; and, again, where is...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XII. 1. The eleventh question is that you ask thus: Does the growth of a good work eradicate sin just like the original good work, or not? 2. The reply is this, that the growth does eradicate "it", as happens "with" the good work...
Epistle Of Manuskihar Ii. Chapter Viii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER VIII. 1. To arrange again for approval the other "matters, of" which a portion is written "about" by you, an epistle 3 is again prepared in advance for Srkn, Shir"z", "and" other "places", so as thus to make your decree a writing...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LV. 1. "As to" the fifty-fourth question "and" reply, that "which" you ask is thus: What is the occupation and capacity (giriftrh) of the person "that has" to preserve those who are in their three nights' "trials" 2, "and" who is...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxvii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXVII. 1. "As to" the seventy-sixth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Will you direct "some one" then to make the heinousness of this sin of unnatural intercourse clear to us? 2. The reply is this, that the first...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxxv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXXV. 1. "As to" the eighty-fourth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: "As to" a gift for the ceremonial "which" they do not reduce, and while they give "it" in excess, in what manner is then its great advantage...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter Viii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER VIII. 1. "As to" that which is written 3, that it is declared in the Sak"d"m "Nask" 4, that the consecrated bull's p. 310 urine, when it becomes fetid, is to be stirred up (ba"r" agr"d"ni"s"n), "and" they should not carry "it"...
Introduction. 1. General Remarks : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. xiii INTRODUCTION 1. GENERAL REMARKS. THE Pahlavi texts selected for translation in this volume are distinguished from all others by the peculiarity that both the name and station of their author and the time in which he lived are...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xlviii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XLVIII. 1. The forty-seventh question is that which you ask thus: How is a liking for the desirableness, joy, and pleasure "arising" from the sacred ceremony (ya"z"i"s"n) friendly to Aha"r"ma"z"d", the archangels 2...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lvii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LVII. 1. "As to" the fifty-sixth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Who is suitable "for" adoption, "and" who is not suitable? 2. The reply is this, that a grown-up man of the good religion who is intelligent...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXV. 1. "As to" the sixty-fourth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Where "and" from what did the origin of race, "which" they say "was" next-of-kin marriage (khvtd"d") 3, arise; and from what place did it arise? p...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter Iii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER III. 1. This, too, I am begging of you, that "you" may be desiring the truth, and "that" Vohman 2, who, p. 287 when a ruler (shah) of yours, is an interpreter (p"k"k) about the writing which 1 I write, "may" as regardfully "and"...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxx : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXX. 1. The twenty-ninth question is that which you ask thus: The third night, in the light of dawn, what is the reason for consecrating separately the three sacred cakes 4 with three dedications (shnman)? 2. The reply is this...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xlvi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XLVI. 7. The forty-fifth question is that which you ask thus: Is it allowable "that" those of the priesthood, when there is no daily livelihood for them from the life of the priesthood, should abandon the priesthood, and "that"...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter L : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER L. 1. The forty-ninth question is that you ask thus: "If" they should sell wine unto foreigners and infidels what is then the decision "about" it? p. 177 2. The reply is this, that "there" is very vehement danger of grievous s...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxviii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXVIII. 1. "As to" the sixty-seventh question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: What is this which, when the sun and moon "have" both come up, is something 4 p. 211 come, "and" comes on as "it were" anew when it (the moon)...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter V : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER V. p. 22 1. The fourth question is that which you ask thus: Of this destruction (za"d"am) and terror which ever happen to us from the retribution 1 of the period, and are a cause of the other evils and defects of the good religi...
Introduction. 2. The Dadistan I Dinik : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], 2. THE D"D"ISTN- DNK. The term D"d"istn- Dnk, 'religious opinions or decisions,' is a comparatively modern name applied to ninety-two questions, on religious subjects, put to the high-priest Mn"s"k"har, and his answers to the same. These...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxxii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXXII. 1. "As to" the eighty-first question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: "As to" a man who shall order a ceremonial "and" shall give the money (diram), and the man who shall undertake his ceremonial p. 243 and shall...
Epistle Of Manuskihar Iii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 359 EPISTLE III. TO ALL OF THE GOOD RELIGION IN IRAN. "In" the name of the sacred beings. A copy of the notification (vish"d"ak') of "his" priestly lordship Mn"s"k"har, son of Ydn-Yim, regarding the grievous sinfulness of "assuming"...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter Xi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XI. 1. For completion little is observed by me; and a man of my own, "in" a position of authority (sng gh), comes with a second epistle 3 for that priestly man, opposing, disputing, showing the harm, making p. 321 aware...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xvi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XVI. 1. The fifteenth question is that which you ask thus: When the dogs and birds tear it (the corpse) does the soul know "it", and does it occur uncomfortably "for" it, or how is it? 2. The reply is this, that the p...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXII. 1. "As to" the sixty-first question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: How stand the shares in the inheritance (mrt) of property among those of the good religion, and how is it necessary for them to stand therein? 2...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Ii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER II. 1. First you ask thus: Why is a righteous man created better than the stars and moon "and" sun and fire of Aha"r"ma"z"d", and is called in revelation greater and better than the spiritual creation, "and" also than that which is...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Xxxv : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER XXXV. 1. The thirty-fourth question is that which you ask thus: Does this world become quite without men 4, so that "there" is no bodily existence in "it" whatever, p. 77 and then shall they produce the resurrection, or how is it...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxvi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LXXVI. 1. "As to" the seventy-fifth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: "As to" him who shall slay those who shall commit unnatural intercourse, how is then his account as to good works and crime? 2. The reply is this...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter Vii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER VII. 1. And "as to" that which is written 4, that 'in the teaching of Afarg "it" is thus declared, that "for every single person, at the least 5, one cup of water "and" p. 305 one cup of bull's urine, which are well alike (vhml) 1...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter X : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER X. 1. The ninth question is that which you ask thus: How much does the growth 2 of his good works increase, from the" time when the good works are done, so long as "he" is living? 2. The reply is this, that from the "time" when...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Liii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], CHAPTER LIII. 1. "As to" the fifty-second question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: "If" people of the good religion, in "their" country "or" out of "their" country, shall buy "and" sell with those of a different religi...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lxxiii : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 220 CHAPTER LXXIII. 1. "As to" the seventy-second question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: Does the stench of him, stinking withal, who commits unnatural intercourse proceed to the sky, or not; and to what place does the wind...
Dadistan I Dinik. Chapter Lvi : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 188 CHAPTER LVI. 1. "As to" the fifty-fifth question "and" reply, that which you ask is thus: What is this adopted-sonship "and" guardianship of the family, and what does it become; "in" what manner is it necessary to appoint "it"...
Epistle Of Manuskihar I. Chapter I : * "Pahlavi Texts, Part II (SBE18)", E.W. West, tr. [1882], p. 277 EPISTLES OF MN"S"K"HAR I. TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SRKN. II. TO HIS BROTHER, Z"D"-SPARAM. III. TO ALL OF THE GOOD RELIGION IN IRAN. A.D. 881. p. 278 OBSERVATIONS. 1. For all divisions into chapters and sections the translator is...
