Pahlavi Texts, Part V: Marvels of Zoroastrianism: Contents
Pahlavi Texts, Part V: Marvels of Zoroastrianism (SBE47), E.W. West, tr. [1897]
| | | PAGE |
| | INTRODUCTION | ix |
| | Abbreviations used in this volume | xlviii |
| | MARVELS OF ZOROASTRIANISM. | |
| | DÎNKA.RD, BOOK VII. | |
| Chap. | | |
| 1. | Descent of the glorious destiny | 3 |
| 2. | Parentage of Zaratûst | 17 |
| 3. | His birth, childhood, and youth till his conference | 35 |
| 4. | His missions to the Karaps, and Vistâsp's conversion | 50 |
| 5. | Events in the last thirty-five years of his life | 73 |
| 6. | Further events till the death of Vistâsp | 77 |
| 7. | " " till end of Sâsânian monarchy | 82 |
| 8. | " " till end of Zaratûst's millennium | 94 |
| 9. | Aûshêdar's millennium | 107 |
| 10. | Aûshêdar-mâh's millennium | 112 |
| 11. | Sôshâns and the renovation | 116 |
| | DÎNKARD, BOOK V. | |
| 1. | Kaî-Loharâsp at Jerusalem, and descent of the religion. | 119 |
| 2. | Parentage, birth, and life of Zaratûst. Future apostles | 122 |
| 3. | Events after Vistâsp's conversion and in later times | 126 |
| 4. | Descent of the Irânians. The tribe having a Gyêmarâ | 127 |
| | SELECTIONS OF ZÂD-SPARAM. | |
| 12. | Two old legends of Spendarmad and of the hero Srîtô | 133 |
| 13. | Parentage of Zaratûst | 138 |
| 14. | Demons try to injure him before and at his birth | 140 |
| 15. | Five Karap brothers opposed to Zaratûst and his four brothers | 143 |
| 16. | One Karap tries to kill Zaratûst five times | 144 |
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| 17. | Another foretells his glorious destiny | 147 |
| 18. | His father disagrees with him | 148 |
| 19. | And he disagrees with his father and the chief Karap | 149 |
| 20. | Legends indicative of his good disposition | 151 |
| 21. | His going to confer with Aûharmazd | 154 |
| 22. | His conferences with the archangels | 159 |
| 23. | Dates of conversions, births, and deaths | 163 |
| 24. | Five dispositions of priests and ten admonitions | 167 |
| | INDEX | 171 |
| | ERRATUM | 182 |
| | Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East | 183 |