XIX. Vendîdâd Nask

XIX. VENDÎDÂD NASK 3.

The whole of this Nask (as described in Dk. VIII, Chap. XLIV) is still extant, and is considered by the writers of the Persian Rivâyats to be a complete work. Its fragmentary character, which is obvious enough to European scholars, must, therefore, be

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attributed, in all probability, to losses it sustained before the revival of Mazda-worship by the Sasanian dynasty. It is remarkable that the compiler of the account in the Dinkard makes no allusion to the twelfth fargard of the Vendîdâd, which is also omitted in all old MSS. of the Vendîdâd with Pahlavi that have been examined, although the copyists appear to have been aware of the existence of a twelfth fargard.