THE PERSIAN RIVAYATS

of Hormazyar Framarz

And others

Their version with introduction and notes

by Ervad Bamanji Nusserwanji Dhabhar, M.A.

Published by the K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, Bombay, 1932

Pahlavi and Avesta Alphabet
Yatha-ahu-vairyo prayer in Avesta
21 words of Yatha, and the corresponding 21 Nasks
Contents of the Nasks
Division of the Nasks into three groups
Number of Yathas to be recited on undertaking different works
Number of Yathas recited in various Yasna-services
Number of Yathas recited in place of various Avesta prayers
Efficacy of Ashem-vohu recited on various occasions
Commentary on Ashem-vohu
Tying the Kusti on the waist. At what age should a child be invested with the Kusti. The three bands and the four knots of the Kusti -- their object. The weaving of Kusti -- by whom woven and of what material should it be
The ceremony of Navzud [Naojote], i.e., investiture with sudre and Kusti, according to the practice of the Indian Parsees
Avestic formula for ceremonially cutting a newly woven Kusti
How far should one keep oneself away, while another is tying on the Kusti
In what direction to turn while tying on the Kusti at night, if there be no lamp
What kind of sacred shirt (sudre) is to be worn beneath the Kusti
sudre and Kusti should be flawless: how far the flaws in a sudre or Kusti are allowable.
How far does the appearance of a menstruous woman affect the rite of tying on the Kusti
Importance of Patet, i.e., repentance of one's sins
A Dastur prescribing punishment out of proportion to the crime is a sinner
Patet formula recited by one person for another is allowable in the case of the former's incapacity for its recital
An impious Dastur cannot prescribe punishment for sins
One must repent of one's sins chiefly in one's lifetime
The recital of Patet for one after one's death
One should repent of one's sins before a Dastur, chiefly the day Ram, of the month Mihr
Can a behdin (a layman) punish a Herbad (a priest) for his sins
Manure prepared by a darvand for cultivation
Speaking the truth
On speaking falsehood
On Mihr-druj, i.e. breach of faith
On swearing and perjury
Saogand-Nama or the Book of Oaths (2 treatises)
On loans and the interest thereon
The law of evidence
Cultivation of land in partnership
Loans and extortions from juddins
Lawful and unlawful trading and profiteering
Industry and unlawful acquisition of wealth
Behests of parents to be executed by children
Decision about intended gifts
The creation of the world: man, fire, and cattle refused to come down to this world
Fire and Kershasp
Care of fire
Rays of the sun should not fall on fire and other precautions to be taken with respect to fire
Water in a pot left boiling over fire should not be allowed to overflow
Collecting household fires and carrying them to fires of the higher grade
Fire lighted at midnight destroys devs
Fire to be kept apart from water
Household fires to be collected and carried to Atash-gahs
Fire before which Darun and Yasna ceremonies are performed, if allowed to be extinguished, will increase the power of devs
Food cannot be prepared on fire wherein nasa is burnt
Descending order of merit for fires -- whereon a corpse or other impurities are burnt -- removed to Atash-gahs
Fire lighted near the Dakhma
Names of six kinds of fire
Adar Burzin, Adar Khordad, and Adar Gushasp fires
Atash Adarans to be established at every place where there are Behdins, and during the Fravardegan days these fires should be collected and carried to Atash Behrams
How to consecrate an Atash Adaran
Atash Behrams to be established wherever there are Behdins
Fire of lightning should not be used in the consecration of an Atash Behram
Sixteen fires necessary for the consecration of an Atash Behram -- how they are purified
What kind of gospend to be sacrificed for the zur (i.e., fat-offering) of the fire
[Miracle of the fire Adar Burzin Mihr]
[Atash Behram of Navsari]
Out of one Atash Behram, two cannot be made
No one can see the fire of an Atash Behram, except Dasturs, and Herbads who are Navazud, i.e., who have been qualified with the greater Khub ceremony
About the establishment of fire-temples and the care of fire
The fifth question from the Gajasta Abalish about the adoration of fire
[Gifts for the Atash Behram may be accepted from those of a foreign faith]
Fire and water to be kept at a distance from nasa
Punishment for bringing nasa in contact with water and fire
Do water and fire kill men?
Punishment for throwing nasa frequently in water
First and second questions from 'Gajasta Abalish' about water and fire
Water to be properly preserved from the impurity of nasa and explanation of rain-water falling on nasa in the Dakhma
The nasa of the living is the same as nasa of the dead, when taken to fire or water
Hihar-nasa (i.e. the bodily refuse of the living and the dead) coming in contact with a heap of corn in corn fields
How far should the Barsom and other sacred implements be kept away from the Nasa of the living
Difference observed as regards the culpability of the righteous and the wicked, when the bodily refuse of either comes in contact with water or fire
Before cultivating land, care should be taken to free it of nasa, if any
Proper precautions about nasa to be observed in the cultivation of the fields of a Zoroastrian under the superintendence of Zoroastrian or non-Zoroastrian servants
Cultivation of a field held by a Zoroastrian in partnership with a juddin
How should a Zoroastrian act when he sees nasa on a piece of land cultivated by a juddin
Precautions about dead matter in flowing and stagnant waters
Disposal of the nasa of a non-Zoroastrian lying on the road, by Zoroastrians
How should nasa lying on the main road be disposed of
How should nasa of Behdins or juddins lying in a cultivated field be disposed of
Well-water polluted by nasa
Water should not be drunk nor spilt unnecessarily at night and other precautions about water
How and when should the water of ponds be used
Different kinds of water spilt on the earth mixes with sub-soil water at different periods and about the water of Aredvi Sura Anahita
Alburz mountain, Farakh-kart sea and Khar-i talata (i.e., the three-legged ass)
The Saokant Mountain
The Hom-tree and the Kar fish
The Khar-i talata and the Hom-tree, according to the 'Minu-khrat'
The birds Amrush and Chamrush
[The sea-ox Sarsaok]
Walking bare-footed
Happy and unhappy lands
On making water
Foundation laying of the Dakhma (i.e., the tana ceremony)
Construction of a new Dakhma and repairing an old Dakhma
Water collecting in the inner well, of the Dakhma should be let out by boring a hole into it
Quotation from Vendidad 3 about the Dakhma
About erecting a new Dakhma, and keeping water away from nasa
Controversy raised at Surat about the disposal of the corpse of Nanabhai Punjya in a new Dakhma
Plan of the Dakha
How should land be cultivated in which a Dakhma or an old astodan (ossuary) stands, or if there is any bodily refuse of the living on it
How should nasa be removed by the nasa-salars in the inner well of the Dakhma
Ceremonial disposal of the corpse of a person killed by a wild animal
Juddins cannot carry the biers of Zoroastrians
Precautions to be taken by the nasa-salars and hammals (i.e., the principal and assistant corpse-bearers), if blood or any matter exudes from the body, or if the paiwand is let slip, or if they utter anything without finishing the baj
The dasturi formula
What should the nasa-salars do, if any open part of their body or their garments comes in contact with nasa
How should one purify oneself after coming in contact with a dead dog
Precautions observed by nasa-salars when their hands with the gloves on come in contact with any bare part of nasa
Sagdid, i,e., the dog's gaze and the kinds of dog required for sagdid
Various precautions to be observed while carrying the corpse to the Dakhma: who, besides the nasa-salars, can carry the corpse, in case of necessity?
Precautions to be observed with regard to the corpses of persons dying unnatural death
Precautions to be observed if death occurs in a Yasna-gah
Death in an Atash Behram
Nasa on a high road or in a cultivated piece of land
Nasa coming in contact with a wooden couch, or a plastered piece of ground or a piece of land set with stones, or with felt-rugs, &c.
Death on the upper floor or a terrace; death by hanging; death on the ground-floor; death in a common passage leading to two rooms
On a davand throwing nasa the house of a Behdin, out of spite
Nasa coming in contact with a wooden structure
About the door or threshold of a house polluted with nasa and about horses or draught-animals coming in contact with nasa
One coming in contact with nasa should undergo Bareshnum purification
Death of a person seated upright
Death on a tree
How far does pollution go, if one amongst a multitude of men dies
Nasa lying in a heap of wood, or in corn, or in corn-fields, or in stalks, or straw
Bricks, earth, mortar, dung-fuel, and ashes, &c., coming in contact with nasa
Nasa in a jar of wines or of oil
Death occurring on the sea
How sagdid should be performed over a corpse buried underneath a debris of brick-bats or earth
Precautions to be observed by Behdins when juddins carry a corpse
Bones of men or animals found in the folds of garments
Spines of a hedgehog found in the dung of animals
Bareshnum purification to be undergone by one polluted with nasa
Difference between the nasa of a Behdin and of a darvand
About coming in contact with nasa in mown grass
About dead matter crushed with a stick
Keeping a lamp or light near a dead body at night, and the1 space of ground polluted by nasa
About food cooked in a house where death occurs
After how long does the ground of a covered place become pure after death
Temporary nasa-khana or, Zad-marg should be erected for the dead
When is pollution of nasa worse
The shroud (Kafan) for the dead
The legs of the dead should be bent, before taking them to the Dakhma
Precautions to be observed by the nasa-salars from the time when the dead body lies in the house up to the time when it is finally disposed of in the Dakhma
The gah-sarna (Yasht-i gahan)
Juddins cannot carry the biers of Zoroastrians to the Dakhma: precautions to be observed by the corpse-bearers
Consumption of a corpse by vultures
A person going in a funeral procession as well as those who have seen the corpse must, take a bath
Fresh meat should neither be cooked nor eaten for three days in a house where death occurs
Mourning for the dead prohibited
The form which the soul assumes for the first three days after death and the places frequented by it during that period
Tars-i Studan ceremony in honour of Srosh
How do the souls of the righteous and the wicked feel when the corpses are eaten away by vultures
What becomes of the five spiritual faculties of a man after death
The journey, to the Chanvad bridge of the souls of the righteous and the wicked
On the Srosh ceremony of the dead and the consecration of pure white garments with Darun
The dignity of Srosh Yazad
Ceremonies of the dead for the whole year
White garments (jama-i ashodad) consecrated in honour of the dead
Principal ceremonies of the dead for the first year
Sidab (rue) to be prepared with garlic on the third day's ceremony of the dead
Dahman Afrinagan to be recited on the dawn of the fourth day after death
If the three days' after the death of a person have not been performed owing to unavoidable circumstances, they should be performed thereafter
The souls of the pious come down here on their rojgar ceremonies
Ceremonies of one dying during five Gatha days
Invocation, in ceremonies, of a dead person whose name is unknown
Ceremonies on the death of a child aged one day up to seven years
Children dying aged one day up to 8 years will look like those aged 15 years, in the next world
Zinda-ravan ceremony can be performed for a boy or a girl 11 years and 3 months old, and not of one under that age
Dastur Noshervan Marzban's last testament: advice to his son as to what he should do after his father's death
Ceremonies to be performed for one year on the death of a person aged 15 years and upwards
On the bringing up of children
On the duty of educating children
Submission to the authority of parents and teachers and abstaining from harassing them
Which parent is created superior to the other -- the father or the mother
Children should not neglect the duties towards their parents
Disobedient children to be deprived of patrimony
Ritual prescribed for one who dies aged 12 years and under
On adoption -- its varieties
Proper age of betrothal and marriage
On the merit of contracting marriage
On negotiating marriage contract
Five kinds of marriage
The marriage ceremony, the dowry, and the announcement of the mahr, or, the marriage gift
The status of the five kinds of wives under different circumstances and the remarriage of widows
Patrimony to be divided among survivors
On divorce
Consorting with one's wife
Nocturnal pollution
On suckling a child
On adultery
On the hamemal sin, or, sin affecting the accusers
Obedience of wives to their husbands and of children to their parents
About menstruous women and the davazda-hamast ceremony performed for the expiation of sins committed by them
Treatment of women after childbirth and still-birth and about a woman who dies during her periods or pregnancy
About purifying the clothes of the carriers of the dead and those which have become riman (i.e., defiled) otherwise
On the purification of metals, stones, etc. which have become defiled
On cooking and drinking vessels
Pollution of wood
Trimming the hair and ceremonial disposal thereof
Nail paring
On swallowing a tooth unawares: on a sore mouth: on the soreness of any part of the body
Blood-letting
About a child biting another child
About burns and brands
About a child falling in water
On suckling a child (see p. 196)
About a child defiled by coming in contact with the dead
Kinds of animals regarded as nasa when dead
About Jam and Jame and different species of men and animals
The dog zarrin-gosh
About protecting a hedgehog and killing a tortoise
Story of Jam and Jame
Animals, birds, and fish which are fit to be eaten
On the lawful slaughter of cattle and fowl
Eating unconsecrated flesh of cattle is unlawful
Offering the fat of a gospand, lawfully slaughtered, to the fire of the Atash Behram on the fourth day after death
Domestic animals to be properly taken care of
On the domestic animals and the cock: the head of a domestic animal lawfully slaughtered can be consecrated
On wearing silken clothes and on the use of honey and opium
On drinking wine
On the consumption of ghee or clarified butter prepared by darvands
Fruits and vegetables sold by juddins
Hot water does not remove druj-i nasush
Hides tanned by juddins
On killing noxious creatures and on the eating of the flesh of a kharfastar
Food gnawed by noxious creatures
About the cattle which have eaten dead matter
Dead matter taken as medicine
How should Barashnom purification be administered to one of a foreign faith, who wished to be cleansed of the pollution by nasa
On peaceful and forcible conversion
On the treatment of juddins: their conversion
Diseases and their remedies
Amahraspandan and Yazads to be propitiated, to avoid calamities and to ward off diseases
The blind and the maimed to be contented with their lot
On being grateful to God: Adarbad Marespand on gratefulness -- his miracles
How man brings on himself calamities: prevention is better than cure
Behdins on attaining to majority should do various good deeds, chiefly six; penalties prescribed for not doing them; enumeration of greater and less sins and margarjan crimes
Degrees of crimes and margarjan sins: sins which make one riman or margarjan
The merit of Kwedodas
On sodomy
On padyab (ablution) with gomez and water: story of Ibliis (Satan) and Tehmuras, illustrating the efficacy of bull's urine
Nirang to be recited on applying gomez
Different prayers to be recited during the five gahs: the duration of each gah
The Rapithwin gah: its celebration
The Afrinagan of Rapithwin -- when recited: the Afrinagan given in Avesta
Afrin-i Rapithwin (p. 303)
Recital of Niyayeshes (p. 304)
Number of Yatha [Ahunwar] to be recited in place of different Avestas
Khwarshed Niyayesh with translation
On the performance of Niyayesh in general
On the Mah Niyayesh
The waxing and waning of the moon (p. 305)
On seeing the new moon in different constellations every month
On recitation of Ohrmazd Yasht
On recitation of Srosh Yasht
Ohrmazd Yasht with translation from the beginning up to the 20 names of God
Nothing to be given to the wicked (p. 306)
Gifts to be given to the worthy and the good
[On charity] (p. 307)
[Delay is dangerous] (p. 308)
[Proper maintenance of Atash Behrams] (p. 310)
Baj to be recited before and after taking meals, and on eating meals with baj, i.e., by observing silence: the manner of cleansing the mouth after eating: meals not to be eaten by two persons together from the same plate: meals supplied by darwands, not to be taken: cleansing the mouth with hot water after meals and spitting it out on the ground is a sin -- the way in which the mouth and the teeth should be cleansed (p. 310)
On fasting
On the recital of Afrinagans (p. 313)
Dibache, or, Introduction of the Afrinagans
The last portion of the Dhup-nirang (or, nirang bui dadan)
Afrinagan of Ardafravash, as recited in Iran (to be recited with the karda of Tao ahmi nmane)
Afrinagan with the Khshnuman of Mihr
Afrinagan of Warharan Yazad
Afrinagan of Mino Ram (to be recited on occasions of joy, entertainments, and marriage)
Myazd ceremony to be performed five days in a month
Khshnuman of the Afrinagan of Rashnu Yazad
... of Ashtad Yazad
... of Anagran Yazad
... of day Ohrmazd, month Frawardin
... of Vanant Yazad
... of day Hordad, month Frawardin
... of day Tishtar, month Tishtar
... of day Mihr, month Mihr
... of day Aban, month Aban
... of day Adar, month Adar
... of day Frawardin, month Adar and of day Khwarshed, Month Dae
... of day Vohuman, month Vohuman
... of day Spandarmad, month Spandarman and of Haft Amahraspandan
... of day Hordad, month Spandarmad
... of Nonabar (for the first day)
... of Nonabar (for the second day)
... of Nonabar (for the third and fourth days)
Khshnuman of the Afrinagan recited on the erection of a new building
Khshnuman of the Afrinagan recited on a now well being dug.
Afrinagan Dahman, with Afrinami (with the Persian translation of Afrinami
Afrinagan of Gahambar
Afrinagan of Gathabyo
Afrinagan of Srosh
Afrinagan of Srosh recited for the first three days in the Aiwisruthrem gah in a house where death occurs and also on the second day of Nonabar
Afrinagan of Siruza (abbreviated)
Afrin-i Shash Gahambar (in Persian characters)
Afrin-i Gahambar Chashni (in Persian characters)
Afrin-i Myazd (in Avesta characters)
Afrin-i Zartosht (in Avesta with Persian translation)
Afrin-i Ardafravash (in Persian characters)
Afrin-i Buzorgan (in Persian characters)
Afrin-i Dahman (in Persian characters)
Doa-i Behram Varjavand, i.e., Chithrem Buyad, (Pazend in Avesta characters)
Doa-i Hoshedar and Behram Varjavand, to be recited after prayers, especially the Niyayesh -- recited in Iran (in Persian characters)
Doa Nam-Setayashna (Pazand in Av. characters)
Nemaz-i Ohrmazd (Pazand in Av. characters)
Doa Nam-Setayashna (Pazand with Persian translation)
Marriage ceremony as performed in Iran (Paz. in Av. characters)
Doa-i Nekah, i.e., Tandarosti, as recited in Iran after the marriage ceremony (in Persian)
Paiman-i Pahlavi, or, Marriage ceremony, as performed India (in Persian characters)
Doa-i Nekah, i.e., Tandarosti
About Gahambars and the use of Sudab (rue), and Noshirvan Marzban's account of the Gahambars
Story of the Gahambar of Noshirvan, the just and Marzban Karsani
The Zand or Commentary on Afrinagan Gahambar (Paz. with Persian rendering)
The Yasna service as recited in the Gahambars, with the Khshnuman
The Yasna service of the five Fravardigan days the five Gatha days
Number of Barsom rods to be used in different Yasnas and the Khshnuman of Vendidad
The Paragna Ceremony, or, the Ceremony preparatory to the Yasna
Number of Yatha to be recited in different Yasnas
Barsom rods used in Yasna services
Barsom twigs of the gaz (i.e., of the tamarisk tree) only to be used in the service and not of any metal
33 alats or apparatus, round about the Hawan
15 hunar or capabilities of a herbad and the 5 virtues to be acquired by the faithful
Nirang is the life of Religion; -- who is a Dastur? -- the five nirangs to be learnt by herbads and the question asked of Adarbad by Husht
About acknowledging a Dastur and providing him with one-tenth of one's income
Rozgar of the departed relatives
Performance of the Darun ceremony
The souls of the departed visiting this earth
On Farvardegan days
Ceremonies of the dead and the Staomi (Y26)
The ritual of the Farvardegan days
Baj of 1200 Ashem and of 1200 Yatha
Darun to be consecrated in the Gatha days, with the Afrinagan of Panji
Darun-i Fravashi in the Panji
Khshnuman of the Darun of Mino Marespend
Rasmaha-i Behdinan (about Farvardigan days)
Khshnuman of the Darun of Ohrmazd roz
... Vanant Yazad
Ritual of the Farvardegan days
Where to recite avanghao and staomi in the Darun consecration
Khshnuman of the Darun of day Hordad of the month Farvardin
The greatness of the day Hordad of the month Farvardin
Darun of Haft Amshaspand and its Khshnuman
Nirang of the 5th day of the 12th month (in Pahlavi) and the description of this day
The Hordad sal gah and its Khshnuman (6th day of the 12th month)
Khshnuman of the Darun ceremony of day Teshtar of month Teshtar
[An account of the Tiragan Jashan]
Khshnuman of the Darun of day Mihr, month Mihr
... Aban, month Aban
... Adar, month Adar
... Vohuman, month Vohuman
... of Srosh
Four Daruns consecrated for the dead on the dawn of the fourth day
Zinda-ravan ceremony with the four Darun ceremonies consecrated on the dawn of the fourth day
Khshnuman of the Darun-i Safar
One going on a journey of 12 farsangs must have darun consecrated in the manner of Warharan Yazad
Khshnuman of the Darun of Warharan Yazad
Khshnuman of the Darun consecrated with the head of a gospand
Khshnuman of the Darun consecrated with the head of fowl or bird
Khshnuman of the Darun of Rapithwin
Khshnuman of the Darun of Nonabar
Khshnuman of the Darun of Siruze
Khshnuman of the Darun of Shahin baj
How each day of the month is styled and mentioned in the Khshnumans
Khshnumans -- greater and smaller -- for each of the 30 days
How the days and months and the five Gatha days are mentioned in the Darun consecration
The manner of reciting the Yasna, etc.
[Ink prepared by darvands should not be used]
Ohrmazd and the Amahraspands
Loin-cloth should not be worn
Parts of the body to be covered while reciting Niyayesh
Priests should not eat the food cooked by Behdins (i.e., laymen), nor should they come in contact with them while eating
Pronunciation of the compound ao and of s in Spitama
Secrets should be written in Avesta or Pahlavi characters
Nirang av-padyav yashtan, i.e., consecration of Nirangdin (in Pazand)
The same -- twice (in Pazand)
How should one act in the nine nights' retreat, after undergoing the Barashnom purification
Administration of Barashnom to one who is not riman (polluted)
The Indian Parsis asked by their Persian confreres to go to Persia and learn there the technicalities of the ritual
Bagh-i Barashnom (i.e., the place where Barashnom is administered); -- how should it be prepared -- with a plan; the qualifications of a Yaozdathragar
The consecration of ab and padyab (i.e., water and gomez;) laying out the Barashnom gah, with a plan; administration of the Barashnom to an ordinary person, as well as a riman, etc.
Administration of the Barashnom to a riman with a plan of the Barashnom gah
Barashnom purification with the retreat of 9 nights; when is this retreat vitiated and when not; the order in which the different members of the body are washed and the manner of drinking gomez
About the purification of various things which are defiled
Zand or Commentary of Vendidad 9 (abbreviated): and about the Barashnomgar and Barashnom
The qualification of a Yaozdathragar
On the qualifications of a Yaozathragar and the merit of undergoing the Barashnom purification (composed in verse by Noshirvan Marzban)
Qualifications and reservations under which Herbadship, i.e., proper priestly duty should be preformed
sudre and Kusti should be in proper order, especially at the time of any consecration
Precautions to be observed when there is any bodily refuse within three steps of the ceremonial apparatus
Consecrations offered with or without zur
About the consecration of Fravashin
About the consecration of Vendidad
About the performance of Yasna
Merit of the performance of various ceremonials as well as of the Gahambars
Merit of performance of Vendidad, Yasna, Visperad, and Darun, with or without zur
Correct preparation of Darun and Farsast: Symbolism of the Darun
The erection of a Dar-i Mihr
Reward or retribution for the priest, for proper or improper consecration
About the garments worn by priests
Punishment of an unqualified Yaozdathragar
Four kinds of Yasnas offered to the Yazads
About the merit of Yasna and Myazd
Manner of reciting and consecrating Vendidad
A Yasna service which is virasta and gumani and drayan
The proper occasions when the formula avanghao and staomi are recited in the consecration of Vendidad: When is the Khub valid and when vitiated
The proper manner of consecrating Darun
About the varas (hair) of the sacred bull
Barsom twigs to be gathered from the pomegranate or the tamarisk only
About the hom sent to India from Iran and about the urvaram
The Navazud or Navar initiation
Can a Herbad who has gone into a Dakhma be again fit for Herbadship? (see II, p.9)
About the division of the dioceses (husht) by the Herbads and their emolument (nirmad)
The ceremony of Geti-Kharid or Navazud
On Zinda-ravan ceremony
Geneology of Zartosht
Zartosht and the future prophets
The Resurrection
The day Hordad of the month Farvardin
About 9000 years of existence
The faces of the soul
The spiritual parts in the body of men: their functions
The meaning of dreaming a dream
Division of the things of this world into 25 parts
Composition of men's body (from `Ulema-i Islam)
Mount Alburz
The signs of the Zodiac and lunar mansions
Seven demons: seven planets: seven heavens
Chekat Daiti and Chinwad Bridge
{The seven Keshvars}
The influence of the stars
[Hell]
Ten demons residing in men
The livelihood of the creatures of Ohrmazd and Ahriman
The righteous and the wicked
The blind, the deaf and the maimed should be content with their lot
Going on a journey without any safeguard
The Zand-Avesta
Behram Varjavand, the last apostle
The Immortals
Good and bad effects of drinking wine: About meritorious deeds
Yovad-shah, son of Agriras
A vow to be fulfilled on the birth of a male child
Parahom to be given to a newly born infant for drinking
Seven wonderful things invented by Jamshed
`Ulema-i Islam (first treatise)
`Ulema-i Islam (second treatise)
Vohuman Yasht
Jamaspi
Jamaspi, or Ahkam-i Jamasp (longer version)
Sadar Bundehesh
Yatha-ahu-vairyo, the foundation of Religion and 101 names of God, with longer commentaries
Letter brought by Behdin Bahman Suratya (Punjya) from Kerman
Another letter from Turkabad
Another letter from Kerman
Vasf-i Amshaspandan
Mar-nama and Burj-nama
Story of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni
Story of an ignoble person who backbited the Behdins of Yazd
Some verses about Dastur Noshirwan Kermani
A year of famine and the dreams of a chaste woman with regard to it
Appearance of Mihr Yazad in a dream dreamt by Dastur Noshirwan
About the kindling of a lamp and its miracles
Story of Jam and Jame -- death of Jamshed
A tale of Afrasiab son of Pashang
Miracles of Zartosht with regard to the planting of the cypress tree
Some statements about religion
Story of Mazdak and Noshirwan
Noshirwan's enthronement; the marguzan (i.e., dakhma) of Noshirwan and the pilgrimage thereto of Abu Ja'far, the Khalif
The Prince of Iran and Omar Khuttab
Mino-Kherad (in Persian prose)
Iran-gaviz and its climate
Var Jamkart
Meaning of (l) Nemo-aongham, (2) atha-ima-vacho, (3) Airyama-ishyo, (4) az-hama gunah .... (5) Mazdayasno-ahmi, (6) ahmai raeshcha
Meaning of (1) Khshnaothra -- Ashem -- Fravarane -- Panj-gah i fravarane -- baj of Ohrmazd -- Yatha -- Yenghe-hatam and Yesnemcha
Some nirangs or incantations
Jamaspi (in verse)
Zartosht's prophetship -- his miracles and the establishment of Atash Behram
Some tales in verse, pointing a moral
Arda Viraf Nama
Qissa-i Sanjan
Nariman Hoshan's Rivayat, with some questions and answers and Chitak-i Avesta Gasan
Nariman Hoshang's Rivayat
The Rivayat of A. Y. 880 (extracts whereof are quoted in the classified compilation of Darab Hormazyar as belonging to Nariman Hoshang's Rivayat)
Rivayat brought by Faridun Marzban (see pp. 462-63)
Saddar Bundehesh (a part only)
Jamshed's palace at Pars
Youth and old age
Sage's conversation with Zartosht in the court of Gushtasp
On the worth of writers and the care of books
The four Persian dynasties
The third and the fourth fasl (in verse) -- about the destruction of the Persian empire
Dastur Barzu's Rivayat
Asfandyar Sohrab's Rivayat
Kaus Mahyar's Rivayat
Dastur Noshirwan's letter to Kamdin Padam
Letter brought by Kamdin Shapur
Shapur Bharuchi's Rivayat (see below)
Faridun Marzban's letter -- (see pp. 397-98).
Shapur Bharuchi's Rivayat
Letter to Dastur Rustam Peshotam and others about the new dakhma at Surat
Letter to the Adhyarus of Surat
[Introductory Epistle to Kama Bohra's Rivayat]
Maktub-i Maneck Changa]
[Some technical words, used in the Rivayat's, explained] ------------

NOTE:

Spelling of Zoroastrian technical terms has been normalized with other texts to facilitate searches:

Dh: 'Afringan', here: 'Afrinagan'
Dh: 'Aharman', this ed: 'Ahriman' (Dh also uses Ahriman in places)
Dh: 'barashnum, bereshnum', this ed: 'barashnom'
Dh: 'barsam', this ed: 'barsom' (Dh also uses 'barsom' in places)
Dh: 'Behram', here: 'Warharan'
Dh: 'Chinvat', here: 'Chinwad'
Dh: 'div', here: 'dev'
Dh: 'Khetyodath', here: 'kwedodas'
Dh: Khorshed, here: Khwarshed
Dh: 'Meher', here: 'Mihr'
Dh: Nyaishes, here: Niyayeshes
Dh: Ormazd, here: Ohrmazd
Dh: 'Sarosh', here: 'Srosh'
Dh: 'Zend', here: 'Zand'

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Contents

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Glossary

THE PERSIAN RIVAYATS

of Hormazyar Framarz

Their version with introduction and notes

by Ervad Bamanji Nusserwanji Dhabhar, M.A.

Published by the K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, Bombay, 1932

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