Vendidad
Americannoun
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The rules concerning purity and purification, the expiations and penances necessary to avert the Daevas, which we possess in the Vendidad of the Avesta, are only the remnant of a far more comprehensive law.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max
Djamasp is believed to have examined the Vendidad, which was current in Gujerat.
From Les Parsis by Vakil, Ratanbai Ardeshir
Of these, Spiegel considers the Gâthâs of the Yaçna to be the oldest, next the Vendidad, lastly, the first part of the Yaçna, and the Khordah Avesta.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman
The Vendidad: Laws of Parity.—These extracts show the growth of certain ideas which we have not noticed before.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan
The books which this Dastoor has left in India are an exact copy of the Zend and Pehlvi Vendidad, the Feroueschi, the translation of the Vadjerguerd, and the Nerenguestan.
From Les Parsis by Vakil, Ratanbai Ardeshir
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