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Sacred Books of the East (1879)
translated by Edward William West
Volume 5: Pahlavi Texts, vol. I of 5. The Bundahis, Bahman Yast, and Shayast La-Shayast.
1963354Sacred Books of the East — Volume 5: Pahlavi Texts, vol. I of 5. The Bundahis, Bahman Yast, and Shayast La-Shayast.1879Edward William West
PAHLAVI TEXTSTRANSLATED BYE. W. WEST

PART I

THE BUNDAHIS, BAHMAN YAST, AND SHÂYAST LÂ-SHÂYAST

Oxford

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

1880

[ All rights reserved ]

CONTENTS.


INTRODUCTION.
PAGE
1.
The Parsi Scriptures
ix
2.
The Pahlavi Language and Literature
xi
3.
The Bundahis
xxii
4.
The Selections of Zâd-sparam
xlvi
5.
The Bahman Yast
l
6.
The Shâyast lâ-shâyast
lix
7.
Concluding Remarks
lxvii


TRANSLATIONS.
Bundahis
1
Selections of Zâd-sparam
153
Bahman Yast
189
Shâyast lâ-shâyast
237
Index
407
Errata
434

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East
435