Sacred Books of the East. Томас Карлейль

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Footnote 1:

The Maruts are the "Storm-Gods".

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Footnote 2:

The lightning.

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The voice of thunder.

4

The dawn.

5

Agni is the "God of Fire."

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Rudra is the "Father of the Maruts."

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Agastya is a worshipper of Indra.

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The sun.

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Footnote 9:

A century ago, it is said, they still numbered nearly 100,000 souls; but there now remain no more than 8,000 or 9,000, scattered in Yazd and the surrounding villages. Houtum-Schindler gave 8,499 in 1879; of that number there were 6,483 in Yazd, 1,756 in Kirmân, 150 in Teherân.

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This chapter is an enumeration of sixteen perfect lands created by Ahura Mazda, and of as many plagues created in opposition by Angra Mainyu. Many attempts have been made, not only to identify these sixteen lands, but also to draw historical conclusions from their order of succession, as representing the actual order of the migrations and settlements of the old Iranian tribes. But there is nothing in the text to support such wide inferences. We have here nothing more than a geographical description of Iran, seen from the religious point of view.

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This chapter is the only one in the Vendîdâd that deals with legal subjects.

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This chapter deals chiefly with uncleanness arising from the dead, and with the means of removing it from men and things.

13

A dog with two spots above the eyes.