| FARGARD I. |
AN ENUMERATION OF SIXTEEN LANDS CREATED BY AHURA MAZDA, AND OF AS MANY PLAGUES CREATED IN OPPOSITION BY ANGRA MAINYU |
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| FARGARD II. |
MYTHS OF YIMA |
10 |
| FARGARD III. |
THE EARTH |
21 |
| I (1-6). |
The five places where the Earth feels most joy |
22 |
| II (7-11). |
The five places where the Earth feels most sorrow |
24 |
| III (12-35). |
The five things which most rejoice the Earth |
25 |
| IV (36-42). |
Corpses ought not to be buried in the Earth |
31 |
| FARGARD IV. |
CONTRACTS AND OUTRAGES |
33 |
| I (1) |
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34 |
| II a (2). |
Classification of contracts |
34 |
| II b (3-4). |
Damages for breach of contract |
35 |
| II c (5-10). |
Kinsmen responsible |
36 |
| II d (11-16). |
Penalties for breach of Contract |
37 |
| III (17-55). |
Outrages |
39 |
| (18). |
Definitions |
39 |
| (18-21). |
Menaces |
39 |
| (22-25). |
Assaults |
40 |
| (26-29). |
Blows |
41 |
| (30-33). |
Wounds |
42 |
| (34-36). |
Wounds causing blood to flow |
42 |
| (37-39). |
Broken bones |
43 |
| (40-43). |
Manslaughter |
44 |
| (44-45). |
Contracts |
45 |
| (46, 49 [bis]-55). |
False oaths |
45 |
| (47-49). |
Praise of physical weal |
46 [p. viii] |
| FARGARD V |
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48 |
| I (1-7). |
If a man defile the fire or the earth involuntarily, or unconsciously, it is no sin |
49 |
| II (8-9). |
Water and fire do not kill |
50 |
| III (10-14) |
Disposal of the dead during winter |
51 |
| IV (15-20). |
How the Dakhmas are cleansed by water from the heavens |
53 |
| V (21-26). |
On the excellence of purity and of the law that shows how to recover it, when lost |
55 |
| VI (27-38). |
On the defiling power of the Nasu being greater or less, according to the greater or less dignity of the being that dies |
57 |
| VII (39-44). |
On the management of sacrificial implements defiled by the dead |
60 |
| VIII (45-62). |
On the treatment of a woman who has been delivered of a still-born child and what is to be done with her clothes |
61 |
| FARGARD VI. |
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66 |
| I (1-9). |
How long the earth remains unclean, when defiled by the dead |
66 |
| II (10-25). |
Penalties for defiling the ground with dead matter |
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| III (26-41). |
Purification of the different sorts of water, when defiled by the dead |
69 |
| IV (42-43). |
Purification of the Haoma |
72 |
| V (44-51). |
The place for corpses; the Dakhmas |
74 |
| FARGARD VII. |
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74 |
| I (1-5). |
How long after death the Nasu falls upon the dead |
74 |
| II (6-9). |
How far the defiling power of the Nasu extends |
76 |
| III (10-22). |
Cleansing of clothes defiled by the dead |
77 |
| IV (23-24). |
Eating of corpses an abomination |
79 |
| V (25-27). |
Bringing corpses to fire or water an abomination |
80 |
| VI (28-35). |
Cleansing of wood and corn defiled by the dead |
81 |
| VII a (36-40). |
Physicians; their probation |
83 |
| VII b (41-44). |
Their fees |
84 |
| VIII (45-49). |
Purification of the earth, of the Dakhmas. The Dakhmas and the Daêvas |
86 |
| IX (60-72). |
Treatment of a woman who has brought forth a still-born child |
89 |
| X (73-75). |
Cleansing of vessels defiled by the dead |
91 |
| XI (76). |
Cleansing of the cow |
92 |
| XII (77). |
Unclean libations |
92 [p. ix] |
| FARGARD VIII |
|
93 |
| I (1-3). |
Purification of the house where a man has died |
93 |
| II (4-13). |
Funerals |
94 |
| III (14-22). |
Purification of the ways along which the corpse has been carried |
97 |
| IV (23-25). |
No clothes to be wasted on a corpse |
99 |
| V (26-32). |
Unlawful lusts |
100 |
| VI (33-34). |
A corpse when dried up does not contaminate |
103 |
| VII (35-72). |
Purification of the man defiled by the dead |
103 |
| VIII (73-80). |
Purification of the fire defiled by the dead |
110 |
| IX (81-96). |
The Bahrâm fire |
112 |
| X (97-107). |
Purification in the wilderness |
116 |
| FARGARD IX. |
THE NINE NIGHTS’ BARASHNÛM |
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| I a (1-11). |
Description of the place for cleansing the unclean (the Barashnûm-gâh) |
119 |
| I b (12-36). |
Description of the cleansing |
122 |
| II (37-44). |
Fees of the cleanser |
129 |
| III (47-57). |
The false cleanser; his punishment |
131 |
| FARGARD X. |
SPELLS RECITED DURING THE PROCESS OF THE CLEANSING |
138 |
| FARGARD XI. |
SPECIAL SPELLS FOR THE CLEANSING OF THE SEVERAL OBJECTS |
144 |
| FARGARD XII. |
THE UPAMAN: HOW LONG IT LASTS FOR DIFFERENT RELATIVES |
151 |
| FARGARD XIII. |
THE DOG |
152 |
| I (1-7). |
The dog of Ormazd and the dog of Ahriman |
152 |
| I a (1-4). |
The dog Vanghâpara (the hedge-hog) |
152 |
| I b (5-77). |
The dog Zairimyangura (the tortoise) |
153 |
| II (8-16). |
Offences against the dog |
153 |
| III (17-19). |
On the several duties of the dog |
156 |
| IV (20-28). |
On the food due to the dog |
156 |
| V (29-38). |
On the mad dog; how he is to be kept, and cured |
159 |
| VI (39-40). |
On the excellence of the dog |
160 |
| VII (41-43). |
On the wolf-dog |
161 |
| VIII (44-48). |
On the virtues and vices of the dog |
161 |
| IX (49-50). |
Praise of the dog |
163 |
| X (50-54). |
The water dog |
163 |
| FARGARD XIV. |
THE ATONEMENT FOR THE MURDER OF A WATER DOG |
165 |
| FARGARD XV. |
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172 |
| I (1-8). |
On five sins the commission of which makes the sinner a Peshôtanu |
172 [p. x] |
| II (9-19). |
On unlawful unions and attempts to procure abortion |
174 |
| III (20-45). |
On the treatment of a bitch big with young |
175 |
| IV (46-51). |
On the breeding of dogs |
180 |
| FARGARD XVI. |
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181 |
| I (1-11). |
On the uncleanness of women during their sickness |
181 |
| II (11-12). |
How it can be removed |
183 |
| III (13-18). |
Sundry laws relating to the same matter |
184 |
| FARGARD XVII. |
HAIR AND NAILS |
185 |
| FARGARD XVIII. |
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189 |
| I (1-13). |
On the unworthy priest and enticers to heresy |
189 |
| II (14-29). |
The holiness of the cock |
192 |
| III (30-60). |
The four paramours of the Drug |
196 |
| IV (61-71). |
On unlawful lusts |
200 |
| FARGARD XIX. |
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203 |
| I (1-10). |
Angra Mainyu attempts first to kill, then to seduce Zarathustra |
204 |
| II (11-42). |
Ahura Mazda reveals the law to Zarathustra |
207 |
| III (43-47). |
Angra Mainyu flees down to hell |
217 |
| FARGARD XX. |
THRITA AND THE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE |
219 |
| FARGARD XXI. |
WATERS AND LIGHT |
223 |
| I (1). |
Praise of the holy bull |
224 |
| II (2-3). |
Invocation addressed to hail as a healing power |
225 |
| III a (4-7). |
Joint invocation addressed to the waters and to the light of the sun |
226 |
| III b (8-11). |
Joint invocation addressed to the waters and to the light of the moon |
227 |
| III c (12-17). |
Joint invocation addressed to the waters and to the light of the stars |
228 |
| IV (18-21). |
Spells against disease |
229 |
| FARGARD XXII. |
ANGRA MAINYU CREATES 99,999 DISEASES: AHURA MAZDA APPLIES FOR HEALING TO THE HOLY WORD AND TO AIRYAMAN |
229 |
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Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translation of the Sacred Books of the East |
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