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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
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1. General Remarks . . . 2. The Dadistân-i Dinik . 3. The Epistles of Mânûskihar.. 4. The Appendix . . . Abbreviations used in this volume
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TRANSLATIONS. DÂDISTÂN-Dinik . 1. Introductory 2. Why a righteous man is better than all creatures, spiritual
or worldly . . . . . . . . II 3. Why a righteous man is created, and how he should act. 15 4. Why a righteous man is great . 5. How temporal distress is to be regarded . . . 22 6. Why the good suffer more than the bad in this world i 7. Why we are created, and what we ought to do . . 8. Whether good works done for the dead differ in effect
from those ordered or done by themselves : : 26 9. How far they differ . . . . . . . 10. The growth of good works during life. 11. Whether the growth of a good work be as commendable
as the original good work . . . . . 12. Whether it eradicates sin equally well . . . 13. Whether one is made responsible for all his sins and
good works separately at the last account, or only for
their balance . . . . . . . . 14. The angels who take account of sin and good works, and
how sinners are punished . . . . . . 32 15. The exposure of a corpse does not occasion the final
departure of life, and is meritorious . . . . 34 16. Whether the soul be aware of, or disturbed by, the corpse being gnawed . . . . . .
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