Vendidad

American  

[ven-dee-dahd] / vɛnˈdi dɑd /

noun

Zoroastrianism.

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

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Vendidad

Another great feature of the doctrine of purity in the Vendidad is that the elements, fire, earth, and water, are holy, and to defile them in any way is the most grievous of sins.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Allan Menzies

See Spiegel's note to the tenth Fargard of the Vendidad.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke

He had lighted on some fragments of the Vendidad Sade, and formed the project of a voyage to India to discover the works of Zoroaster.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Evil-speaking and calumny also are, according to the Vendidad, "lies and sins" against Mithra.

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

There is no trace of it in the Gathas, in the Yagna haptanhaiti, or in the older portions of the Vendidad.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

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