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CHAPTER IX, 9-XI, I.
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tion of the soul; a statement adapted to that which one mentions thus: Truly-spoken statements are the Baris, Kaskisrôbô, and Vistâsp-sâstô.'
21. The excellence of righteousness is perfect.
CHAPTER X. 1. The Kaskisrôbôl contains particulars about the explanation of the ceremonial and ritual of the sacred beings, through what arises its conversion into demon-worship, and information as to cleanness and uncleanness. 2. The preparations and precautions for the Yasts? ; the tokens and signs of the overflowing and evil owing to the demons at various times, and the cause of their exhaustion and the final victory of the sacred beings. 3. Then the exalting chants of every kind, which Adharmazd taught to Zaratust, are called the teaching (sâsto) of the spirits.
4. Excellence that is perfect is righteousness.
CHAPTER XI. 1. The Vistâsp-sâstos is about particulars of
Corresponding to the ninth word, vangheus, in the Ahunavair, according to B. P. Riv.; but it is the tenth Nask in other Rivâyats. Kaskisrôbô may perhaps mean with happy, or comfortable, statements,' and is corrupted into Kassrób, Kaskasîrah, or Kaskanîz, in the Rivâyats, which also state that it contained originally sixty kardah, or subdivisions, of which only fifteen were recovered after the time of Alexander. * The minor ceremonies.
Corresponding to the tenth word, dazdå, in the Ahunavair, according to B. P. Riv.; but it is the eleventh Nask in other Riva
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