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DINKARD, BOOK IX.
man 1. 19. About the praise of Maidôk-mâh' for his accepting and exercising-and on account of his exercising the upholding and propagation of the religion; also the yelling, united assault, evil food, and other affliction owing to the wicked in the earlier half of the night, which is that which Zaratûst had, for a like reason, to bear; and the reciting of the law of Aûharmazd3, for the joy of the sacred beings, and his appropriation of the best existence.
20. About the abounding of Zaratûst in complete mindfulness of the origin of learning, and its development by him; both the object and the advantage of knowledge-which is the reigning of Vohuman in the body-being the means of developing the world in righteousness". 21. About the perfection of the ceremonial and obeisance of Zaratust, and the superiority of his recompense; also advice to him as to worshipping Aûharmazd pre-eminently, and the primeval angels by their own names according to their greatness.
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22. It is the excellence of righteousness that is perfect.
CHAPTER XLV.
Varstmansar Nask.
1. The twenty-second fargard, Vahistôisti 10, is about the perfection of the prayers" of the good religion, and information thereon.
1 See Pahl. Yas. L, 18 b.
Ibid. 19 a and Chap. XXIV, 1.
4 Ibid. 21 a. Ibid. 21 b. "Assuming that avartîh stands for avartarîh.
See Pahl. Yas. L, 22 b.
10 See Chap. XXII, 1 n.
3 Ibid. 19 C.
• Ibid. 22 a.
• Ibid. 22 c.
11 See Pahl. Yas. LII, 1 a.
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