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Vendidad

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[ven-dee-dahd] / vɛnˈdi dɑd /

noun

Zoroastrianism.
  1. a book of formulas to be used against demons.


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These regulations, carried out in long and wearisome detail on the basis of this new movement, are before us in the Vendidad.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker

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 James Freeman Clarke

Let them but read the Zend-Avesta, in which they profess to believe, and they will find that their faith is no longer the faith of the Yasna, the Vendidad, and the Vispered.

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

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 Ratanbai Ardeshir Vakil

From this point of view the Vendidad lays especial weight on marriage.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker

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