{"collection":"Zoroastrianism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/zor/sbe37/sbe37009.htm","path":"zor/sbe37/sbe37009.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/zor/sbe37/sbe37009.htm","text":"Pahlavi Texts, Part IV (SBE37), E.W. West, tr. [1892]\n1. On account of the Zand of the N\u00e2dar 1 not reaching us, the Avesta is retained, for teaching, recital, and ceremony, because it has come unto us with authority.\n2. Of righteousness the excellence is perfect excellence.\n15:1 Corresponding to the fifth word, ratus, in the Ahunavair, according to B. P. Riv.; but it is the sixth Nask in other Riv\u00e2yats. Owing to its Zand, or Pahlavi version, having been lost, the author does not undertake to describe its contents; but the Riv\u00e2yats state that it consisted of thirty-five \u0293\u00fbrat, or compilations, about astronomy and astrology. The traditional name N\u00e2dar, or N\u00e2d\u00fbr, is probably a misreading; as Vakhtar (for Vakhttar), 'more destined,' and Vakhtvar, 'fate-bringing,' would be more intelligible readings of the same letters.","title":"Pahlavi Texts, Part IV: D\u00eenkar&l...","type":"page"}