Essays on the Sacred Language, Writings, and Religion of the Parsis

according Ahura Ahuramazda Allharmazd ancient angel appears asked Avesta become believed body Brahmans called ceremony chief complete considered consists contains copies countries created creation Creator Dastur death demons destroy Devas doubt earth edition Essay evidently evil evil spirit existence fire Gâthas give given Greek hand Homa hymns India Iranian kings language later learned literature living manuscripts Mazda means mentioned mind month Nask night original Pahlavi Parsis passage Pâzand performed Persian phrase praise prayers present priests probably produced published recite refers regarding religion represent righteous sacred Sanskrit seems soul spirit Spitama Zarathushtra Srosh takes term thee things third thou thought thousand tion translation Vedas Vedic Vendidad verses whole wicked words worship writings written Yasht Yasna Zarathushtra Zend Zend-Avesta Zoroastrian